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Clive Barkerstandalone novel1992

Dark fantasy, set in otherworld.

“Once inside, Harvey meets fellow children Wendell and Lulu, the elderly caretaker Mrs. Griffin and her cats, and settles into a routine of enchantment that starts to feel too perfect.”
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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“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.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

The ScholomanceSeries

series3 books2020

About survival and wizards, set in secondary world.

Start with A Deadly Education →

Soldier SonSeries

series3 books2005

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about identity, set in secondary world.

“Set in a new world unrelated to her previous trilogies, the Soldier Son trilogy follows the life of Nevare Burvelle, the second son of a newly elevated Lord of the Kingdom of Gernia.”
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Start with Shaman's Crossing →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

series2 books1871

completed

Adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
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Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

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

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