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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

Moongobble and MeSeries

series6 books2003

Start with The Dragon of Doom →

BalumniaSeries

series4 books1982

Whimsical in tone.

“Scientific explanation depends on such tongue-in-cheek concepts as The Five Standard Shapes, The Three Major Urges, and The Six Links of Bestial Sciences.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Elfin Ship →

Myth AdventuresSeries

series33 books1978

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
from the catalogue

Start with Another Fine Myth →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue

Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes Heritage of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Genesis of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, The Fall of Shannara

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Crystal Shard →

includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Forgotten Realms: The Harpers, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: Songs and Swords, Forgotten Realms: The Last Mythal, Forgotten Realms: The Sundering, Forgotten Realms: Sembia

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