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EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
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 →
includes Earthsea Cycle
CorbenicNovel
Catherine Fisherstandalone novel2002
Portal fantasy and mythic fantasy, about quests and madness.
“Following a muddy path leads him to a castle that appears to be deserted.”
from the catalogue
LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
About identity, set in otherworld.
PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Mysterious in tone, about amnesia and identity, set in otherworld.
“A man lives in a huge isolated labyrinthine building partially submerged in an ocean, together with another man and 13 skeletons, which is the only world he recalls.”
from the catalogue
ErewhonSeries
series4 books1872
completed
Literary & general and satire, about class conflict.
Start with Erewhon, or, Over the Range →
Lud-in-the-MistNovel
Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926
About fae and art and artists.