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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

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    includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings

  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Reflective in tone, 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 →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of Shattered Sea
    Shattered SeaSeries

    series · 4 books · 2014

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

    “Yarvi, el hijo menor del rey, nació con una malformación en una mano que ha llevado a todo el mundo, incluso a su propio padre, a considerarlo «medio hombre».”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Half a King →

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  • Cover of Grishaverse
    GrishaverseUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2012

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Six of Crows →

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    includes The Grisha, The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows

  • Cover of The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
    The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

    series · 11 books · 1995

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    Start with Sabriel →

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  • Cover of Gormenghast
    GormenghastSeries

    series · 6 books · 1946

    completed

    Gothic.

    “Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Titus Groan →

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