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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 Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
SparhawkUniverse
universe6 books1989
Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Diamond Throne →
includes Elenium, The Tamuli
ShannaraUniverse
universe50 books1977
Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Imaginary Friends →
includes A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Heritage of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara
Deltora milieuSeries
series53 books1993
Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
Start with Rowan of Rin →
Forgotten RealmsUniverse
universe526 books1987
Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Crystal Shard →
includes Forgotten Realms: Pools, Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga, Stone of Tymora, Forgotten Realms: Moonshae, Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Forgotten Realms: The Threat from the Sea, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords
RedwallUniverse
universe32 books1986
Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
from the catalogue
Start with Redwall →
includes Redwall, The Tribes of Redwall, Redwall Audio Version, Redwall Picturebooks