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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
FolktalesSeries
series3 books1978
Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, 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 →
Rose (Edith Pattou)Series
series2 books2003
Fantasy, emotional and adventurous in tone, about quests and coming of age, set in secondary world.
Start with East →
The Forbidden WishNovel
Jessica Khourystandalone novel2016
Romantasy, about shapeshifters.
“When Aladdin discovers Zahra's jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasn't seen in hundreds of years—a world where magic is forbidden and Zahra's very existence is illegal.”
from the catalogue
Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries
series4 books2021
Romantasy.
“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 Other Side of the Sky (Kaufman & Spooner)Series
series2 books2020
Science fantasy, about gods.
“New York Times bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner have crafted a gripping tale of magic and logic, fate and choice, and a deadly love.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Other Side of the Sky →