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universe19 books1964

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 →

includes Earthsea Cycle

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

series11 books1995

Start with Sabriel →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

series5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone, set in contemporary.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Summer Tree →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

series38 books2007

Adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
from the catalogue

Start with Skulduggery Pleasant →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue

Start with City of Bones →

includes Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Magnus Bane, The Dark Artifices, The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours, The Eldest Curses

FillorySeries

series7 books2009

Portal fantasy, about magic schools, set in contemporary.

Start with The Magicians →

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