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EarthseaUniverse
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
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 History of the Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin
The Last UnicornSeries
series8 books1968
Bittersweet in tone.
“The Last Unicorn is Peter S. Beagle's 1968 fantasy novel about a unicorn who, believing herself the last of her kind, sets out to learn what became of the others.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Last Unicorn →
CorbenicNovel
Catherine Fisherstandalone novel2002
Portal fantasy, eerie in tone, about madness and redemption.
“Following a muddy path leads him to a castle that appears to be deserted.”
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The Dragon's BoyNovel
Jane Yolenstandalone novel1990
About dragons and coming of age.
“Young Arthur meets a dragon and comes to accept him as a friend and mentor.”
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Enchanted PilgrimageNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1975
Adventurous in tone.
“A scholar at a remote university stumbles onto a manuscript that hints at forgotten secrets buried in the Wasteland, a blighted region where magic and monsters still linger at the edge of an otherwise rational world.”
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