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EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy.
“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 Forgotten Beasts of EldNovel
Patricia A. McKillipstandalone novel1974
About loneliness.
Soldier SonSeries
series3 books2005
Epic fantasy, about colonialism.
“Set in a new world unrelated to her previous trilogies, the Soldier Son trilogy follows the life of Nevare Burvelle, the second son of a newly elevated Lord of the Kingdom of Gernia.”
from the catalogue
Start with Shaman's Crossing →
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 History of the Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin
The Book of Atrix WolfeNovel
Patricia A. McKillipstandalone novel1995
About grief and loss and redemption.
Annals of the Western ShoreSeries
series3 books2004
completed
“Each book has different main characters and settings, but the books are linked by some recurring characters and locations.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gifts →