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  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    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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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of Narnia Universe
    NarniaUniverse

    universe · 38 books · 1950

    Portal fantasy.

    “Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

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    includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

  • Cover of Circle of Magic
    Circle of MagicUniverse

    universe · 11 books · 1997

    “Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Sandry's Book →

    similar bymagic schoolssecondary worldfantasycoming of age+3 more

    includes Circle of Magic (Tamora Pierce), The Circle Reforged, The Circle Opens

  • 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 →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasy+1 more

    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 Redwall Universe
    RedwallUniverse

    universe · 32 books · 1986

    About quests.

    “Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Redwall →

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    includes Redwall, Redwall Audio Version, The Tribes of Redwall, Redwall Picturebooks

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasyepic fantasy+1 more

    includes Elantris, The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Lumar, Warbreaker, First of the Sun, Cosmere non-canon, Canticle