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Lud-in-the-MistNovel
Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926
Eerie in tone, about fae.
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Epic fantasy.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Final Empire →
includes Komashi, Lumar, Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, Canticle, The Stormlight Archive, First of the Sun
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin
Glass ThornsSeries
series5 books2012
Fantasy, about art and artists, set in secondary world.
Start with Touchstone →
ShadowbridgeSeries
series2 books2008
Mythic fantasy, about gods.
“Frost's considerable powers of imagination and description ground the disparate locales and societies of his world through story - those lived, told to and by young Leodora in her journey of self-discovery.”
from the catalogue
Start with Shadowbridge →
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, about wizards.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →
includes Earthsea Cycle