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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 →

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    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 Stardust
    StardustNovel

    Neil Gaiman · standalone novel · 1998

    Adventurous in tone, about quests and fae, set in fairyland.

    “Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Folktales
    FolktalesSeries

    series · 3 books · 1978

    Set in secondary world.

    “Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Beauty →

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  • Cover of The Ordinary Princess
    The Ordinary PrincessNovel

    M. M. Kaye · standalone novel · 1980

    Lighthearted in tone, set in secondary world.

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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 →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of Monster High Universe
    Monster HighUniverse

    universe · 61 books · 2010

    Fantasy.

    “New Salem High has a dress code problem: the daughter of Frankenstein's monster has bolts, the sea monster's daughter has scales, the werewolf sheds, and all of them are supposed to blend in with the normies.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Storybook of Legends →

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    includes Ever After High, Ever After High School Stories, Once Upon a Twist, Monster High / Ever After High Metaverse, Monster High: Ghoulfriends Forever, Monster High, Epic Winter, Monster High School Spirits