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series4 books2021

Romantasy, about forbidden love, set in secondary world.

“Once Upon a Broken Heart and its sequels follow the fallout of that bargain across a fairy-tale-inflected world of curses and dangerous magic.”
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Lud-in-the-MistNovel

Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926

Eerie in tone, about art and artists, set in secondary world.

Emily WildeSeries

series3 books2023

Whimsical in tone, about books and reading.

“Map of the Otherlands and Compendium of Lost Tales continue her research and a growing entanglement with a rival scholar-turned-fae king.”
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Start with Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries →

StardustNovel

Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998

Fairy tale retelling, adventurous in tone, about quests and coming of age.

“Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees.”
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A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

series6 books2015

Romantasy, emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
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Shadow CastleNovel

Marian Cockrellstandalone novel1945

Portal fantasy, whimsical in tone, about transported to another world, set in otherworld.

“In the middle of a deep forest is an enchanted valley and a castle where only shadows live, shadows of kings and queens who have waited for hundreds of years for the spell cast upon them to be broken.”
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