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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

    similar byfantasy+2 more

    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

  • Cover of Discworld
    DiscworldUniverse

    universe · 84 books · 1983

    Set in secondary world.

    “Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Guards! Guards! →

    similar byfunnyfantasy+1 more

    includes Discworld omnibuses, Discworld Plays, Discworld - Young Sam's books, Discworld Screenplays, Discworld Reference

  • Cover of Kairos
    KairosSeries

    series · 11 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction.

    Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

    similar byyoung adult+2 more

  • Cover of Fire Thief
    Fire ThiefSeries

    series · 3 books · 2005

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

    Start with The Fire Thief →

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  • Cover of Thor's Wedding Day
    Thor's Wedding DayNovel

    Bruce Coville · standalone novel · 2005

    About magical artifacts, set in mythological world.

    “Thialfi, the Norse thunder god's goat boy, tells how he inadvertently helped the giant Thrym to steal Thor's magic hammer, the lengths to which Thor must go to retrieve it, and his own assistance along the way.”

    from the catalogue

    similar bygodsadventurousfunnymythic fantasyhumormiddle grade+3 more

  • Cover of His Dark Materials Universe
    His Dark MaterialsUniverse

    universe · 13 books · 1995

    About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

    “In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Northern Lights →

    similar byadventurousfantasyyoung adult+1 more

    includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust