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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

Mythago WoodSeries

series7 books1984

completed

Eerie in tone, set in contemporary.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue

Start with Mythago Wood →

Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales RetoldSeries

series4 books2015

Fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.

“The two books share no characters or setting, only Novik's method of building a novel around one inherited folk tale.”
from the catalogue

Start with Excerpt from Uprooted →

Johannes CabalSeries

series9 books2004

Funny in tone, about undead.

“Johannes Cabal the Necromancer follows an amoral necromancer who sold his soul years earlier and must now win it back from Satan through a wager, journeying through a demonic travelling carnival to collect the hundred souls required.”
from the catalogue

Start with Johannes Cabal the Necromancer →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

series11 books1995

Set in secondary world.

Start with Sabriel →

Brothers and Sisters of DragonsSeries

series9 books1999

Set in contemporary.

Start with World's End →

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