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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Hobbit, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

Hades x PersephoneSeries

series7 books2019

Romantasy, emotional in tone, about forbidden love, set in contemporary.

“Later books track that relationship toward marriage, including a conflict with Demeter, who unleashes a crippling storm on the mortal world rather than accept the match.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Touch of Darkness →

The Crucible (Abigail Owen)Series

series2 books2024

Romantasy, about curses.

“For the first time ever, the ruthless, mercurial King of the Underworld has entered the Crucible—the deadly contest the gods hold to determine a new ruler to sit on the throne of Olympus.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Games Gods Play →

Celestial KingdomSeries

series4 books2022

Emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”
from the catalogue

Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Diamond Throne →

includes Elenium, The Tamuli

Renshai UniverseSeries

series9 books1992

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with The Last of the Renshai →

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