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universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“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 →

includes Earthsea Cycle

World of Septimus HeapSeries

series12 books2005

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Magyk →

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Magicians' Guild →

includes The Black Magician Trilogy, The Traitor Spy Trilogy

Circle of MagicUniverse

universe11 books1997

About coming of age.

“Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sandry's Book →

includes The Circle Opens, Circle of Magic (Tamora Pierce), The Circle Reforged

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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 →

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

Howl's CastleSeries

series3 books1986

completed

Whimsical and adventurous in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

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