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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
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 →
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
Watership DownSeries
series21 books1972
completed
About found family, set in countryside & village.
“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue
Start with Watership Down →
House of SecretsSeries
series3 books2013
Portal fantasy, about transported to another world.
“Rights to the book were sold in 12 foreign territories.”
from the catalogue
Start with House of Secrets →
Artemis FowlSeries
series15 books2001
About fae.
“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue
Start with LEPrecon →
The Way Past WinterNovel
Kiran Millwood Hargravestandalone novel2018
Mythic fantasy, tense in tone, set in secondary world.
“One night, a fur-clad stranger arrives seeking shelter for himself and his men.”
from the catalogue
The Copernicus LegacySeries
series6 books2014
About magical artifacts.
“While a work of fiction, it does incorporate some facts about Copernicus's history.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Forbidden Stone →