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universe13 books1995

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 →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Kathasaritsagara (Salman Rushdie)Series

series2 books1990

Whimsical in tone, about quests and coming of age.

Start with Haroun and the Sea of Stories →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

About coming of age, set in secondary world.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue

Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →

includes The Immortals, Song of the Lioness, Protector of the Small, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Daughter of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles

The Keys to the KingdomSeries

series7 books2003

About quests and chosen one.

Start with Mister Monday →

Dancing GodsSeries

series5 books1984

completed

Set in secondary world.

“The portal-fantasy setup plays familiar sword-and-sorcery elements for comedy, with the modern-world characters reacting to the fantasy world's rules as outsiders.”
from the catalogue

Start with The River of Dancing Gods →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

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