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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

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    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

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    Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald · standalone novel · 1992

    About prophecy and coming of age.

    “Will Odosson sets out on a series of dangerous adventures after a wizard predicts that he will meet death before a year has passed.”

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    Hyborian AgeUniverse

    universe · 242 books · 1929

    Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

    “Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”

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    Start with Conan the Victorious →

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  • Cover of Flightless Falcon
    Flightless FalconNovel

    Mickey Zucker Reichert · standalone novel · 2000

    About survival and found family.

    “Tamison had been a miner until the cave-in which killed his brother and father, and left him trapped behind a wall of rubble, cut off from light and life for what seemed like eternity.”

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  • Cover of The Princess and the Goblin
    The Princess and the GoblinSeries

    series · 2 books · 1871

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    About coming of age.

    “Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”

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    Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

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    Tiger and DelSeries

    series · 10 books · 1985

    Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

    “Jennifer Roberson's fantasy series pairs Tiger, a desert-born sword-dancer from the south, with Del, a Northern swordswoman trained in her own tradition of blade-magic, as reluctant partners across a hostile borderland.”

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    Start with Sword-Dancer →

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