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GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes Six of Crows, The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha
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
BirthgraveSeries
series3 books1975
completed
About identity.
“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Birthgrave →
NightseerSeries
series5 books1989
Fantasy, dark in tone, about revenge, set in secondary world.
“A standalone fantasy adventure, it predates Hamilton's better-known Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Token for Celandine →
The Girl Who Drank the MoonNovel
Kelly Barnhillstandalone novel2016
Hopeful in tone, about coming of age.
“From the Copyright page: An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her.”
from the catalogue
The Blue StarNovel
Fletcher Prattstandalone novel1952
About political intrigue.