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series5 books1965

Set in contemporary.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue

Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

Rowan HoodSeries

series5 books2001

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in medieval and british isles.

Start with Rowan Hood, Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

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

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

Five Children UniverseSeries

series27 books1902

completed

Set in early 20th century.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue

Start with Five Children and It →

Alchemist's SonSeries

series2 books2003

completed

Tense in tone, about quests, set in contemporary.

“Sebastian reveals that his father's evil enemy, de Loudeac, has also arisen - and is determined to use the secrets of alchemy to create an humunculous, an artificial human made from dead matter, who can be commanded only by its creator.”
from the catalogue

Start with Doctor Illuminatus →

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