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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

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

The Chronicles of TornorSeries

series3 books1979

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

Start with Watchtower →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

series2 books1871

completed

Adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Funny in tone.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue

Start with Guards! Guards! →

includes Discworld omnibuses, Discworld Plays, Discworld - Young Sam's books, Discworld Reference, Discworld Screenplays

The SightSeries

series2 books2001

Dark in tone.

“David Clement-Davies' The Sight follows Larka, a white wolf born with a rare prophetic power, within a pack shadowed by a curse laid by the embittered lone wolf Morgra.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Sight →

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