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universe13 books1995

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 →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, 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

American GodsSeries

series10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

AlderleySeries

series4 books1960

Mythic fantasy, about quests, set in british isles.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

The SirenNovel

Kiera Cassstandalone novel2009

Romance, emotional in tone, about forbidden love and loneliness.

“You can speak to us, and you can always commune with the Ocean, but you are deadly to humans.”
from the catalogue

Fire and HemlockNovel

Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1984

Mythic fantasy, about fae and amnesia, set in british isles.

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