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universe163 books1923

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 →

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

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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 →

includes Earthsea Cycle

Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy.

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

Start with The Dragonbone Chair →

includes The Dragonbone Chair Prequels, The Last King of Osten Ard

DragonlanceUniverse

universe436 books1984

Epic fantasy.

“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 →

includes Dragonlance: Legends Trilogy, Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragonlance: Tales I, Dragonlance: The Lost Chronicles Trilogy, Dragonlance: Tales II, Dragonlance: The Dark Disciple Trilogy, Dragonlance: Classics, The Anvil of Time

Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

series8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue

Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

Enchanted ForestSeries

series7 books1985

Lighthearted in tone.

“Patricia Collins Wrede is an American author of fantasy literature.”
from the catalogue

Start with Dealing with Dragons →

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