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Bright EmpiresSeries
series5 books2010
Mysterious in tone, about quests and magical artifacts.
Start with The Skin Map →
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 Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth
The Copernicus LegacySeries
series6 books2014
Set in contemporary.
“While a work of fiction, it does incorporate some facts about Copernicus's history.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Forbidden Stone →
The Kronos ChroniclesSeries
series3 books2008
Fantasy and historical fantasy.
“Twelve-year-old Petra, accompanied by her magical tin spider, goes to Prague hoping to retrieve the enchanted eyes the Prince of Bohemia took from her father, and is aided in her quest by a Roma boy and his sister.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Cabinet of Wonders →
Special DeliveranceNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1982
Science fiction, about robots.
“A professor finds himself teamed with men, women, and a robot from parallel versions of earth, transported to a planet and sent on a quest of which none of them know the purpose or the details.”
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The Drawing of the DarkNovel
Tim Powersstandalone novel1979
Fantasy and historical fantasy, about war.
“Tim Powers's historical fantasy set during the 1529 siege of Vienna.”
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