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EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, 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.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →
includes Earthsea Cycle
LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
Set in otherworld.
PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Mysterious in tone, about amnesia, 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.”
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The Forgotten Beasts of EldNovel
Patricia A. McKillipstandalone novel1974
About wizards and loneliness, set in secondary world.
GrimusNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975
Literary & general, about immortality and quests, set in otherworld.
“After drinking a mysterious fluid that grants him immortality, the young Axona man Flapping Eagle sets out on a centuries-long search for his vanished sister, drifting through identities and eras as the decades pass without aging him.”
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Annals of the Western ShoreSeries
series3 books2004
completed
Set in secondary world.
“Each book has different main characters and settings, but the books are linked by some recurring characters and locations.”
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Start with Gifts →