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Myth-O-ManiaSeries
series10 books2002
Mythic fantasy and fantasy, funny and whimsical in tone, about gods, set in mythological world.
Start with Have a Hot Time, Hades! →
Norse MythologySeries
series17 books2017
“Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology retells the central myths of the Norse gods in his own prose, moving from the creation of the nine worlds through the exploits of Odin, Thor, and Loki to the final battle of Ragnarok.”
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Start with Before the Beginning, and After →
Thor's Wedding DayNovel
Bruce Covillestandalone novel2005
Humor, adventurous in tone, about magical artifacts.
“Thialfi, the Norse thunder god's goat boy, tells how he inadvertently helped the giant Thrym to steal Thor's magic hammer, the lengths to which Thor must go to retrieve it, and his own assistance along the way.”
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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
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 →
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
The Ship of IshtarNovel
A. Merrittstandalone novel1926
Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world.
“When he finally manages to crack open the rock, a mist escapes.”
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The Princess BrideNovel
William Goldmanstandalone novel1973
Romance and adventure, set in secondary world.