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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.”
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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

The Ship of IshtarNovel

A. Merrittstandalone novel1926

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world.

“When he finally manages to crack open the rock, a mist escapes.”
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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

Set in secondary world.

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

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

EverNovel

Gail Carson Levinestandalone novel2008

Emotional in tone, about immortality and forbidden love, set in secondary world.

“Fourteen-year-old Kezi and Olus, Akkan god of the winds, fall in love and together try to change her fate--to be sacrificed to a Hyte god because of a rash promise her father made--through a series of quests that might make her immortal.”
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The Willing SpiritNovel

Piers Anthony & Alfred Tellastandalone novel1996

About coming of age and faith and religion, set in secondary world.

“Hari, a remarkably well-set-up young lad, has spent his entire life in a small village with his pious widowed mother, and the purity of his soul is largely uncorrupted by worldly sophistication.”
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Day of the GiantsNovel

Lester del Reystandalone novel1959

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about gods and quests.

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