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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

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    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

  • Cover of Grishaverse
    GrishaverseUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2012

    “Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Six of Crows →

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    includes Six of Crows, The Grisha, The Nikolai Duology

  • Cover of Gentleman Bastard Sequence
    Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries

    series · 7 books · 2006

    About con artists and heist.

    “The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →

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  • Cover of Discworld
    DiscworldUniverse

    universe · 84 books · 1983

    Funny in tone.

    “Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Guards! Guards! →

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    includes Discworld omnibuses, Discworld Plays, Discworld - Young Sam's books, Discworld Reference, Discworld Screenplays

  • Cover of Enchanted Pilgrimage
    Enchanted PilgrimageNovel

    Clifford D. Simak · standalone novel · 1975

    About quests.

    “A scholar at a remote university stumbles onto a manuscript that hints at forgotten secrets buried in the Wasteland, a blighted region where magic and monsters still linger at the edge of an otherwise rational world.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Circle of Magic
    Circle of MagicUniverse

    universe · 11 books · 1997

    About coming of age and magic schools.

    “Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Sandry's Book →

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