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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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings

  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

    “There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Wizard World
    Wizard WorldSeries

    series · 3 books · 1980

    Adventurous in tone, about wizards and identity.

    “Torn between the two, Pol has to master an art he was never trained for in order to survive his own inheritance.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Changeling →

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  • Cover of Kairos
    KairosSeries

    series · 11 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction.

    Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

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  • Cover of The Invisible Library
    The Invisible LibrarySeries

    series · 12 books · 2014

    About books and reading.

    “Genevieve Cogman's Invisible Library series follows Irene, an agent of an interdimensional Library that collects rare and dangerous books from across a multiverse of alternate worlds touched by varying degrees of magic and technology.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Invisible Library →

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