Find your next SF/F read by mood

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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 Forgotten Beasts of EldNovel

Patricia A. McKillipstandalone novel1974

About wizards and coming of age.

Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

series4 books1922

completed

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and court intrigue.

“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue

Start with Mistress of Mistresses →

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

The Buried GiantNovel

Kazuo Ishigurostandalone novel2015

Historical fantasy, about quests and amnesia.

ChaliceNovel

Robin McKinleystandalone novel2008

Fantasy, reflective in tone, set in secondary world.

More like In the Second April