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The King of Elfland's DaughterNovel
Lord Dunsanystandalone novel1924
About forbidden love, set in fairyland and secondary world.
Mythic FictionSeries
series4 books2002
Fantasy and mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, about fae.
Start with The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest →
The Enchanted Island of Yew: Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising PeopleNovel
L. Frank Baumstandalone novel1903
Adventurous in tone, about quests.
“A fairy is transformed into a human prince for one year while he and his friends have many adventures.”
from the catalogue
ElsewhereSeries
series3 books1981
Set in fairyland.
Start with Elsewhere →
StardustNovel
Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998
Fairy tale retelling, about quests and coming of age, set in fairyland.
“Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees.”
from the catalogue
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
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 History of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings