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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
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 A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Heritage of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, Paladins 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: Pools, Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Finder's Stone Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: The Threat from the Sea, Stone of Tymora, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga, Forgotten Realms: Moonshae
SparhawkUniverse
universe6 books1989
Epic fantasy.
“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Diamond Throne →
includes Elenium, The Tamuli
The Princess and the GoblinSeries
series2 books1871
completed
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Princess and the Goblin →
The White Mists of PowerNovel
Kristine Kathryn Ruschstandalone novel1991
Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and court intrigue.
“Synopsis -An innocent excited boy, a prince and heir, takes his first journey to the city.”
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