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universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, 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

GormenghastSeries

series6 books1946

completed

Gothic, dark in tone.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue

Start with Titus Groan →

Tales from the Sinister CitySeries

series4 books2007

“Each book stands as its own dark, fairy-tale-style mystery rather than continuing a single plot, unified by setting and tone more than by recurring characters.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Black Book of Secrets →

Mythago WoodSeries

series7 books1984

completed

Mythic fantasy, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue

Start with Mythago Wood →

The Undertaken TrilogySeries

series3 books2011

Dark in tone, about undead.

Start with Death Watch →

BeastkeeperSeries

series2 books2015

Fairy tale retelling, about curses and shapeshifters.

Start with Beastkeeper →

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