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  • Cover of The Iliad and The Odyssey universe
    The Iliad and The Odyssey universeSeries

    series · 36 books · 1840

    Mythic fantasy, set in ancient world.

    Start with The Confession of Eumæus →

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  • Cover of The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
    The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before AchillesNovel

    Padraic Colum · standalone novel · 1921

    Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about gods and quests, set in ancient world and mediterranean.

    “A somewhat fictionalized account of ancient Greek heroes.”

    from the catalogue

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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 History of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin

  • Cover of Theseus
    TheseusSeries

    series · 2 books · 1958

    completed

    Historical fiction, about coming of age.

    “Renault wrote a sequel, The Bull from the Sea, in 1962.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The King Must Die →

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  • Cover of The World's Desire
    The World's DesireNovel

    H. Rider Haggard & Andrew Lang · standalone novel · 1890

    Fantasy, about forbidden love.

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  • Cover of The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy
    The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of TroyNovel

    Padraic Colum · standalone novel · 1918

    Fantasy, about war.

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