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series13 books2001

About political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue

Start with Kushiel's Dart →

A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

series6 books2015

Romantasy, about fae, set in secondary world.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
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Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

FolktalesSeries

series3 books1978

Fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.

“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue

Start with Beauty →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

series5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, set in contemporary and secondary world.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Summer Tree →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue

Start with City of Bones →

includes The Dark Artifices, The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Magnus Bane, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Eldest Curses

The Bridge KingdomSeries

series7 books2018

Tense in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy.”
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Start with The Bridge Kingdom →

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