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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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    includes The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

  • Cover of The Immortal Brothers
    The Immortal BrothersSeries

    series · 4 books · 2015

    Dark and emotional in tone, about curses and immortality.

    “For centuries, Dethan has been trapped in a fiery inferno for defying the gods and snatching the power of immortality.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Cursed by Fire →

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  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

    “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 →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

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

    series · 2 books · 1871

    completed

    Adventurous in tone, about quests and 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

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  • Cover of More Than Human
    More Than HumanSeries

    series · 1 book · 2016

    Emotional in tone, about shapeshifters and forbidden love.

    “A human woman falls in love with a shifter, a beast known as the Other to the few remaining humans, and must decide if she will accept his offer of a new life among the dangerous world of shifters.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ella & the Beast →

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