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FolktalesSeries
series3 books1978
Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue
Start with Beauty →
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
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
Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries
series4 books2021
Romantasy, about forbidden love.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Once Upon a Broken Heart →
The CursebreakerSeries
series3 books2019
Romantasy.
“Sequels include A Heart So Fierce and Broken and A Vow So Bold and Deadly.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Curse So Dark and Lonely →
StainNovel
A. G. Howardstandalone novel2019
About identity.
“As Lyra finds her way back to her identity, an imposter princess prepares to steal her betrothed prince and her crown.”
from the catalogue
Crimson BoundNovel
Rosamund Hodgestandalone novel2015
Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about fae.