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- Peter Pan Universe
universe112 books1902
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Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget. Neverland: mermaids in the lagoon, a ticking crocodile with a clock in its belly, a pirate nursing his severed hand, and above it all the boy who will not grow up, forever flying, forever heartless in the lovely careless way that only children are. It begins with J. M. Barrie — the 1904 stage play, the chapters of Kensington Gardens, and the novel Peter and Wendy that fixed Peter, Wendy, Tinker Bell, Hook and the Lost Boys in place. From that small window a wide world has flown. Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson supply the how-it-all-began in their Starcatchers books, chasing falling starstuff aboard a doomed ship to explain why one orphan came to fly and never age. A whole bright shelf tends Tinker Bell's Pixie Hollow — the Disney Fairies and Fairy Haven tales, Kiki Thorpe's Never Girls — while Heidi Schulz hands the wheel to Hook's own daughter, and stranger, dimmer corners carry the island into far darker weather. Many hands, one archipelago; no single map governs them all. What sets it apart is the sweetness with a blade in it — wonder shadowed always by the ache of leaving, of mothers who keep the window open and children who fly home too late. Newcomers should begin where it began, with Barrie's Peter and Wendy, then, for the origin, take the Starcatchers books in their own order. The rest of Neverland waits, as it always does, for whoever still remembers how to reach it.
- Stardust
Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998
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Stardust is a 1999 fantasy novel by British writer Neil Gaiman, usually published with illustrations by Charles Vess. 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. It is concerned with the adventures of a young man from the village of Wall, which borders the magical land of Faerie.
- Trot and Cap'n Bill
series4 books1911
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L. Frank Baum's Trot and Cap'n Bill duology (The Sea Fairies, 1911; Sky Island, 1912) follows Californian girl Trot and her one-legged sailor companion Cap'n Bill through undersea fairy kingdoms and then to a fantastical island divided between light and dark peoples. Baum conceived it as a rival series to his own Oz books, but both characters were eventually folded into Oz continuity and reappear as regulars in later Oz novels.
- The Sea of Trolls
series3 books2004
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The Sea of Trolls follows Jack, a farm boy taken on as a Bard's apprentice in Anglo-Saxon England, after Viking raiders kidnap him and his young sister and carry them toward Scandinavia, forcing Jack to use his half-learned magic to try to save her. Nancy Farmer's trilogy, continuing through The Land of the Silver Apples and The Islands of the Blessed, sends Jack further into Norse myth, eventually as far as the realm of the giants, Jötunheimr.
- Faerie Wars
series5 books2003
completed
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The Faerie Wars Chronicles is a fantasy action young adult novel series written by James Herbert Brennan. The first book in the series, Faerie Wars was published in the United Kingdom in February 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing. As of 2011, there are five books in the ongoing series.
- Fairyland
series7 books2009
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Fairyland is a series of fantasy novels by Catherynne M. Valente. The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.
- Circle of Magic / The Wizard Apprentice
series8 books1990
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This eight-book series by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald follows a young apprentice training in the practice of wizardry alongside knights and nobles in an invented medieval world, moving from a fixed school setting into wider adventures as the books progress. It is a lighter, adventure-driven take on magical apprenticeship aimed at younger readers, distinct from other series sharing the same "Circle of Magic" name. The later volumes carry the apprentice further from the classroom into court intrigue and open conflict.
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
series6 books2015
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A Court of Thorns and Roses is a fantasy romance series by American author Sarah J. Maas, which follows the journey of 19-year-old Feyre Archeron after she is brought into the faerie lands of Prythian. The first book of the series, A Court of Thorns and Roses, was published in May 2015. The series centers on Feyre's adventures across Prythian and the faerie courts, following the epic love story and fierce struggle that ensues after she enters the fae lands. The series has sold over 13 million copies. There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027. An eighth installment is set to conclude the continuous story told across books six, seven and eight.
- The Land of Stories
series13 books2012
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The Land of Stories is a series of children's fiction, adventure, and fantasy books written by American author, actor, and singer Chris Colfer. The first book, The Wishing Spell, was released on July 17, 2012, with the sixth and final book published in July 2017. Colfer started plans for a prequel series in 2016, and has since published three books in this series, beginning with A Tale of Magic... in 2019.
- Artemis Fowl
series15 books2001
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Artemis Fowl is a series of eleven fantasy novels by Irish author Eoin Colfer, revolving around various members of the Fowl family. The first cycle, the Artemis Fowl series, consists of eight books, and the second cycle, The Fowl Twins series, is a trilogy. Both releases have received commercial success and positive critical reception in the children's literature genre, and also originated graphic novel adaptations. As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time. In 2010, Artemis Fowl was voted by readers as their favorite Puffin Books title of all time.
- The Invisible Library
series12 books2014
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Genevieve Cogman's Invisible Library series follows Irene, an agent of an interdimensional Library that collects rare and dangerous books from across a multiverse of alternate worlds touched by varying degrees of magic and technology. Beginning with The Invisible Library (2014), the eight-book series continues through The Masked City and The Lost Plot on to The Untold Story (2021).
- Poison
Chris Woodingstandalone novel2003
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Poison (2003) is a young adult English-language fantasy novel written by Chris Wooding, published in 2003. It is a highly metafictional novel which follows the adventures of a young (sixteen-year-old) female protagonist named Poison as she attempts to rescue her sister from the Phaerie Realm. It contains many intertextual references particularly to mythology, fairy tales and secondary world fantasy characteristics.
- Songs of Earth and Power
series2 books1984
completed
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Greg Bear's two-book Songs of Earth and Power series opens with The Infinity Concerto, in which teenage Michael Perrin is drawn into the realm of the Sidhe — beings once said to have inspired Coleridge's 'Kubla Khan' — while searching for a mythic Song of Power. The sequel, The Serpent Mage, continues Michael's story in that world.
- Alderley
series4 books1960
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Alan Garner's Alderley books begin with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960) and The Moon of Gomrath (1963), children's fantasies set around the real Cheshire hill of Alderley Edge and drawn from its local legends. Garner returned to the same setting and characters decades later in Boneland (2012), a far darker novel for adults in which the now-grown Colin, afflicted with amnesia covering his entire childhood, tries to piece together what really happened to him and his sister. The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.
- The Enchanted Island of Yew: Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People
L. Frank Baumstandalone novel1903
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A fairy is transformed into a human prince for one year while he and his friends have many adventures.
- Mopsa the Fairy
Jean Ingelowstandalone novel1869
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"The story tells of a young boy, Jack, who discovers a nest of Fairies and endeavours to return them to Faerie. The journey is via a river – clearly symbolic of the River of life – and en route Jack has many adventures. The fairies grow at a more rapid rate than humankind and, halfway through the novel, Mopsa, who has developed into the Fairy Queen, becomes a dominant character, taking control over Jack's life." "arguably the first feminist Bildungsroman" "an Allegory of lost innocence" --SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), biographical entry by MA (Mike Ashley?)
