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Lud-in-the-MistNovel
Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926
Eerie in tone, about fae.
Queen's ThiefSeries
series41 books1996
“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
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Mordant's NeedSeries
series2 books1986
Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone.
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The Blue StarNovel
Fletcher Prattstandalone novel1952
About witches.
The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries
series3 books1976
completed
Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.
“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
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The Land AcrossNovel
Gene Wolfestandalone novel2013
Eerie in tone.