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Ill Met in the ArenaNovel
Dave Duncanstandalone novel2008
About family secrets.
“When a young man is bested in a gladiatorial contest by an older Quirt, he insists on finding out where Quirt came from--a quest that will lead him into a familial scandal generations deep.”
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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 Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Epic fantasy.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →
includes Warbreaker, Lumar, Komashi, Mistborn, Canticle, Elantris, The Stormlight Archive, First of the Sun
The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries
series3 books1976
completed
Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone.
“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
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Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →
The Land AcrossNovel
Gene Wolfestandalone novel2013
Eerie in tone.
The BeguilersNovel
Kate Thompsonstandalone novel2001
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.
“There is a dire warning never to peep out at them.”
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