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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

AyeshaSeries

series8 books1886

About immortality, set in 19th century.

“The Ayesha books follow H. Rider Haggard's immortal sorceress-queen Ayesha, introduced in his 1887 novel She as the ruler of a hidden civilization who has waited millennia for her lost love to be reborn.”
from the catalogue

Start with She →

Queen's ThiefSeries

series41 books1996

About political intrigue.

“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Thief →

The Age of Discovery TrilogySeries

series3 books2005

Epic fantasy.

Start with A Secret Atlas →

The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

series3 books1976

completed

Epic fantasy.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

Moontide and Magic RiseSeries

series2 books1995

Fantasy, mysterious in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“There are even those who suspect that the last of the great Mages spent their final years scrupulously eradicating all traces of their craft from the pages of history - insuring that their art will never be practiced again.”
from the catalogue

Start with World Without End →

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