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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy.
“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 Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings
The Well at the World's EndNovel
William Morrisstandalone novel1896
Fantasy.
ShannaraUniverse
universe50 books1977
Fantasy.
“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue
Start with Imaginary Friends →
includes A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Heritage of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara
SparhawkUniverse
universe6 books1989
Fantasy.
“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
Dragon King (Stephen R. Lawhead)Series
series3 books1982
Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
“Stephen Lawhead's Dragon King trilogy opens with young temple acolyte Quentin sheltering a dying knight who begs him to carry on a quest to protect the Dragon King's realm of Mensandor.”
from the catalogue
Start with In the Hall of the Dragon King →
The Pearl SagaSeries
series3 books2001
Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
Start with The Ring of Five Dragons →