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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.”

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    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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  • Cover of Earthsea
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    universe · 19 books · 1964

    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 →

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  • Cover of Winterlands
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    series · 7 books · 1986

    About demons.

    “Once there, they learn Gareth is the crown prince, acting against his father's wishes, and that the dragon Morkeleb the Black is only one thread in a web that includes a sorceress with a grip on the king.”

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    Start with Dragonsbane →

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  • Cover of Dragonlance
    DragonlanceUniverse

    universe · 436 books · 1984

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

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  • Cover of Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
    Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

    universe · 14 books · 1988

    Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”

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    Start with The Dragonbone Chair →

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  • Cover of Tairen Soul
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    series · 6 books · 2007

    Romantasy, about forbidden love.

    Start with Lord of the Fading Lands →

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