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EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.
“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
PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Mysterious in tone, about amnesia, set in otherworld.
“A man lives in a huge isolated labyrinthine building partially submerged in an ocean, together with another man and 13 skeletons, which is the only world he recalls.”
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LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
Eerie in tone, set in otherworld.
DeerskinNovel
Robin McKinleystandalone novel1993
Dark fantasy, dark and emotional in tone, set in secondary world.
PhantastesSeries
series4 books1858
Whimsical in tone, about quests, set in fairyland.
Start with Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women →
ElsewhereNovel
Gabrielle Zevinstandalone novel2005
Bittersweet in tone, set in afterlife & underworld.