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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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The Hobbit, The Fall of Gondolin, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings

Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

series8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
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Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

Dragonslayer / The Chronicles of KazamSeries

series4 books2010

Set in british isles.

“Jasper Fforde's Chronicles of Kazam series follows Jennifer Strange, a fifteen-year-old foundling running a magical employment agency in an alternate Britain where magic is fading, who unexpectedly becomes the last Dragonslayer.”
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Start with The Last Dragonslayer →

Enchanted ForestSeries

series7 books1985

Lighthearted in tone.

“Patricia Collins Wrede is an American author of fantasy literature.”
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Start with Dealing with Dragons →

Impossible CreaturesSeries

series3 books2023

“Katherine Rundell's trilogy opens with a boy, Christopher, discovering a hidden Archipelago where mythical creatures long thought imaginary still survive, guarded from the wider world by people who can perform an old magic.”
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Start with Impossible Creatures →

A Wizard in RhymeSeries

series8 books1986

completed

Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about wizards and transported to another world.

“Matt Mantrell is an English major who gets transported to a different world where magic works by rhyme.”
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Start with Her Majesty's Wizard →

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