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  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

    “There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

    similar byfantasy

    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of The House on the Borderland
    The House on the BorderlandNovel

    William Hope Hodgson · standalone novel · 1908

    Horror and weird fiction, about madness, set in otherworld.

    similar byeerie+1 more

  • Cover of Narnia Universe
    NarniaUniverse

    universe · 38 books · 1950

    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 →

    similar byfantasy

    includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

  • Cover of Stephen King multiverse
    Stephen King multiverseUniverse

    universe · 46 books · 1967

    Dark in tone.

    “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Gunslinger →

    similar by+1 more

    includes The Dark Tower

  • Cover of Gormenghast
    GormenghastSeries

    series · 6 books · 1946

    completed

    Gothic, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

    “Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Titus Groan →

    similar byfantasy+1 more

  • Cover of Lilith
    LilithNovel

    George MacDonald · standalone novel · 1895

    Reflective in tone, about identity, set in otherworld.

    similar byfantasyeerie