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universe163 books1923

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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

DarwathSeries

series7 books1982

Dark in tone.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
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Start with The Time of the Dark →

RailseaNovel

China Miévillestandalone novel2012

Steampunk and weird fiction.

AlmuricSeries

series1 book1964

About transported to another world.

Start with Almuric →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes Legends of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, The Genesis of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, High Druid of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Fall of Shannara

The White Mists of PowerNovel

Kristine Kathryn Ruschstandalone novel1991

Epic fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue and court intrigue.

“Synopsis -An innocent excited boy, a prince and heir, takes his first journey to the city.”
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