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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 Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Fall of Gondolin
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Fantasy and epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.
“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
RiverworldSeries
series37 books1965
Science fiction, about faith and religion, set in far future and other star systems.
“The Riverworld is an artificial, or heavily terraformed, planet where all humans who ever lived throughout history have been resurrected.”
from the catalogue
Start with River of Eternity →
His Dark MaterialsUniverse
universe13 books1995
Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.
“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue
Start with Northern Lights →
includes The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials
Zimiamvian TrilogySeries
series4 books1922
completed
Fantasy and epic fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.
“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mistress of Mistresses →
Kai LungSeries
series62 books1900
completed
Fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in east asia.
Start with The Wallet of Kai Lung →