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series4 books2022

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, emotional in tone, about gods, 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.”
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Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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

Saga of the UnfatedSeries

series2 books2024

Romantasy, about prophecy and enemies to lovers.

“Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior.”
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Start with A Fate Inked in Blood →

EverNovel

Gail Carson Levinestandalone novel2008

Adventurous in tone, about quests and immortality.

“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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Star DaughterNovel

Shveta Thakrarstandalone novel2020

About coming of age and identity.

The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

series9 books2010

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue.

Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

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