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universe19 books1964

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 →

includes Earthsea Cycle

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

World of Septimus HeapSeries

series12 books2005

About wizards.

Start with Magyk →

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

The EmpyreanSeries

series4 books2023

Romantasy and epic fantasy, about enemies to lovers.

“Rebecca Yarros's The Empyrean opens with Fourth Wing, following Violet Sorrengail as she's pushed into a brutal dragon-rider war college despite having trained for a different, less physically demanding path.”
from the catalogue

Start with Fourth Wing →

Fae & AlchemySeries

series2 books2024

Romantasy, about fae and enemies to lovers.

“Hart self-published the book in June 2024 after declining her literary agent's request for substantial revisions.”
from the catalogue

Start with Quicksilver →

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