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universe163 books1923

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

Watership DownSeries

series21 books1972

completed

About survival and quests, set in countryside & village and our world.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue

Start with Watership Down →

Enchanted PilgrimageNovel

Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1975

About quests, set in secondary world.

“A scholar at a remote university stumbles onto a manuscript that hints at forgotten secrets buried in the Wasteland, a blighted region where magic and monsters still linger at the edge of an otherwise rational world.”
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Guardians of Ga'hooleSeries

series17 books2003

Epic fantasy, about war and coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Apart from the main series, there are a few more books and spin-offs set in the same universe.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Capture →

Nevermoor / Morrigan CrowSeries

series4 books2017

Whimsical in tone, about curses and magic schools, set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: A cursed child destined to die on her eleventh birthday is rescued and whisked away to a secret realm called Nevermoor and given the chance to compete for a place in a prestigious society called the Wundrous Society.”
from the catalogue

Start with Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow →

Circle of MagicUniverse

universe11 books1997

About coming of age and magic schools, set in secondary world.

“Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sandry's Book →

includes Circle of Magic (Tamora Pierce), The Circle Opens, The Circle Reforged

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