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  • Cover of Derkholm
    DerkholmSeries

    series · 2 books · 1998

    completed

    Set in secondary world.

    “Year of the Griffin follows one of Derk's griffin children years later, enrolled at a chronically underfunded wizards' university with a band of misfit students.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Dark Lord of Derkholm →

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  • Cover of Howl's Castle
    Howl's CastleSeries

    series · 3 books · 1986

    completed

    Adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

    Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

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  • Cover of Shadow Castle
    Shadow CastleNovel

    Marian Cockrell · standalone novel · 1945

    Portal fantasy, about transported to another world and curses, set in otherworld.

    “In the middle of a deep forest is an enchanted valley and a castle where only shadows live, shadows of kings and queens who have waited for hundreds of years for the spell cast upon them to be broken.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of The Wind in the Willows Universe
    The Wind in the Willows UniverseSeries

    series · 17 books · 1908

    About friendship, set in british isles.

    Start with The Wind in the Willows →

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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

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    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

  • Cover of The Girl Who Drank the Moon
    The Girl Who Drank the MoonNovel

    Kelly Barnhill · standalone novel · 2016

    About witches and found family, set in secondary world.

    “From the Copyright page: An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her.”

    from the catalogue

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