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Lord Dunsanystandalone novel1924

About forbidden love, set in secondary world.

Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998

Fairy tale retelling, adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees.”
from the catalogue

FairylandSeries

series7 books2009

Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →

Mopsa the FairyNovel

Jean Ingelowstandalone novel1869

Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“The journey is via a river – clearly symbolic of the River of life – and en route Jack has many adventures.”
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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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

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