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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
My Father's DragonSeries
series4 books1948
completed
Set in islands.
Start with My Father's Dragon →
Halfblood ChroniclesSeries
series3 books1991
Epic fantasy, about elves and wizards.
“Elvenbred, the fourth book in the series, remained unfinished due to the death of Andre Norton.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Elvenbane →
Wings of FireSeries
series24 books2012
Epic fantasy.
“Raised under the mountain within the Claws of the Clouds Mountains.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Dragonet Prophecy →
Dragon JoustersSeries
series5 books2003
About war.
“Mercedes Lackey's Dragon Jousters series is set in an Egyptian-flavored fantasy world where warring kingdoms ride tamed dragons into battle.”
from the catalogue
Start with Joust →
Sword and SorceressSeries
series34 books1984
Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.
“As she explained in the foreword to the first volume, she created the anthology to redress the lack of strong female protagonists in the subgenre of sword and sorcery.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sword and Sorceress →