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universe163 books1923

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

The Keys to the KingdomSeries

series7 books2003

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and chosen one, set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

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

The Phantom TollboothNovel

Norton Justerstandalone novel1961

Whimsical and funny in tone.

“A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.”
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The SpindlersNovel

Lauren Oliverstandalone novel2012

Eerie in tone, about friendship, set in underground & caves.

“Accompanied by an eccentric, human-sized rat, Liza embarks on a perilous quest through an underground realm to save her brother, Patrick, whose soul has been stolen by the evilest of creatures--the spider-like spindlers.”
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SeawardNovel

Susan Cooperstandalone novel1983

Emotional in tone, about grief and loss.

“What they do know are the tragedies that took their parents, then wrenched the two of them out of reality, into a strange and perilous world through which they must travel together, knowing only that they must reach the sea.”
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