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Norton Justerstandalone novel1961

Portal fantasy, whimsical in tone, about quests and coming of age.

“A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.”
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Dancing GodsSeries

series5 books1984

completed

Set in secondary world.

“The portal-fantasy setup plays familiar sword-and-sorcery elements for comedy, with the modern-world characters reacting to the fantasy world's rules as outsiders.”
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Start with The River of Dancing Gods →

Myth AdventuresSeries

series33 books1978

Humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
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Start with Another Fine Myth →

Faerie WarsSeries

series5 books2003

completed

Adventurous in tone, about fae, set in fairyland.

“As of 2011, there are five books in the ongoing series.”
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Start with Faerie Wars →

KarouSeries

series4 books2011

Emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

The Book of All HoursSeries

series2 books2005

Challenging and dark in tone, about identity.

Start with Vellum →

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