Find your next SF/F read by mood

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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 →

includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

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

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue

Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

The Keys to the KingdomSeries

series7 books2003

About chosen one, set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

100 CupboardsSeries

series4 books2007

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world, set in secondary world.

Start with The Door Before →

The Land of StoriesSeries

series13 books2012

Fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“Colfer started plans for a prequel series in 2016, and has since published three books in this series, beginning with A Tale of Magic... in 2019.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Wishing Spell →

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