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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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasy+1 more

    includes The History of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The Hobbit, The History of the Lord of the Rings

  • Cover of Celestial Kingdom
    Celestial KingdomSeries

    series · 4 books · 2022

    Emotional in tone.

    “Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

    similar bygodssecondary worldmythic fantasyfantasy+1 more

  • Cover of His Dark Materials Universe
    His Dark MaterialsUniverse

    universe · 13 books · 1995

    About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

    “In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Northern Lights →

    similar byadventurousfantasy+1 more

    includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

    “Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gardens of the Moon →

    similar bysecondary world+3 more

    includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy

  • Cover of Brothers and Sisters of Dragons
    Brothers and Sisters of DragonsSeries

    series · 9 books · 1999

    Set in contemporary and british isles.

    Start with World's End →

    similar byfantasy+4 more

  • Cover of Sparhawk
    SparhawkUniverse

    universe · 6 books · 1989

    Epic fantasy, about quests.

    “Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Diamond Throne →

    similar bysecondary worldadventurousfantasy+2 more

    includes Elenium, The Tamuli