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DeeplightNovel
Frances Hardingestandalone novel2019
About friendship.
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
The ScholomanceSeries
series3 books2020
Dark fantasy, tense in tone, about magic schools.
Start with A Deadly Education →
The Princess and the GoblinSeries
series2 books1871
completed
About quests.
“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Princess and the Goblin →
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.
“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
PoisonNovel
Chris Woodingstandalone novel2003
Portal fantasy and fairy tale retelling, about quests.