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  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Epic fantasy, 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 →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of His Dark Materials Universe
    His Dark MaterialsUniverse

    universe · 13 books · 1995

    Adventurous in tone, 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 →

    similar byfantasycoming of age+1 more

    includes The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials

  • Cover of Gormenghast
    GormenghastSeries

    series · 6 books · 1946

    completed

    Gothic, dark in tone.

    “Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Titus Groan →

    similar byfantasysecondary world+2 more

  • Cover of Folktales
    FolktalesSeries

    series · 3 books · 1978

    Fairy tale retelling.

    “Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Beauty →

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  • Cover of The Kingkiller Chronicle
    The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

    series · 8 books · 2002

    “The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Name of the Wind →

    similar byfantasysecondary world+3 more

  • Cover of Kairos
    KairosSeries

    series · 11 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction.

    Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

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