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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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.”

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    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    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

  • Cover of Jack of Shadows
    Jack of ShadowsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1971

    About reincarnation.

    Start with Jack of Shadows →

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  • Cover of The Princess and the Goblin
    The Princess and the GoblinSeries

    series · 2 books · 1871

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    About coming of age.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

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  • Cover of Spellsinger
    SpellsingerSeries

    series · 9 books · 1983

    Portal fantasy, about transported to another world and music.

    “Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series follows Jon-Tom, a UCLA law student pulled into a fantasy world by the wizard Clothahump, where he discovers he can cast spells by singing along with his guitar.”

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    Start with Spellsinger →

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  • Cover of Shannara
    ShannaraUniverse

    universe · 50 books · 1977

    Epic fantasy.

    “Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Imaginary Friends →

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    includes Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, High Druid of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara

  • Cover of Alliance-Union Universe
    Alliance-UnionUniverse

    universe · 173 books · 1976

    Science fiction, set in far future.

    “Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”

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    Start with Heavy Time →

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    includes Morgaine, Chanur, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Age of Exploration, Unionside, Company Wars