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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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.”

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    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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  • Cover of The Princess and the Goblin
    The Princess and the GoblinSeries

    series · 2 books · 1871

    completed

    About coming of age.

    “Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”

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    Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

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  • Cover of The Princess Bride
    The Princess BrideNovel

    William Goldman · standalone novel · 1973

    Romance and adventure.

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  • Cover of The Ship of Ishtar
    The Ship of IshtarNovel

    A. Merritt · standalone novel · 1926

    Portal fantasy, about transported to another world.

    “When he finally manages to crack open the rock, a mist escapes.”

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  • Cover of Redwall Universe
    RedwallUniverse

    universe · 32 books · 1986

    Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

    “Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”

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    Start with Redwall →

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  • Cover of The Willing Spirit
    The Willing SpiritNovel

    Piers Anthony & Alfred Tella · standalone novel · 1996

    About coming of age and faith and religion.

    “Hari, a remarkably well-set-up young lad, has spent his entire life in a small village with his pious widowed mother, and the purity of his soul is largely uncorrupted by worldly sophistication.”

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