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EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy.
“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 loneliness.
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 Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
The Dragon's BoyNovel
Jane Yolenstandalone novel1990
About friendship.
“Young Arthur meets a dragon and comes to accept him as a friend and mentor.”
from the catalogue
The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries
series8 books2002
“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Name of the Wind →
The Last UnicornSeries
series8 books1968
Bittersweet in tone, about quests.
“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 →