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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.”
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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

The Girl from EverywhereSeries

series2 books2016

About forbidden love and coming of age, set in our world.

“Sixteen-year-old Nix has sailed across the globe and through centuries aboard her time-traveling father's ship.”
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Start with The Girl from Everywhere →

RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

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 →

includes Redwall, The Tribes of Redwall, Redwall Picturebooks, Redwall Audio Version

SummerlandNovel

Michael Chabonstandalone novel2002

Portal fantasy, about coming of age, set in parallel universe and contemporary.

“Summerland weaves elements of a World Series, parallel-universe road trip, and a hero's odyssey.”
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Castaways of the Flying DutchmanSeries

series3 books2001

completed

Set in our world.

“Brian Jacques's Castaways of the Flying Dutchman follows Neb and his dog Denmark, the sole survivors of the cursed ghost ship's crew, condemned to eternal youth and wandering the world to help people in trouble wherever they land.”
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Start with Castaways of the Flying Dutchman →

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of ThreadNovel

Kate DiCamillostandalone novel2003

Whimsical in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“The main plot follows the adventures of a mouse named Despereaux Tilling, as he sets out on his quest to save a captured human princess from the villainous rats.”
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