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universe163 books1923

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 →

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

StardustNovel

Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998

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.”
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Chronicles of AliceSeries

series7 books2015

Dark fantasy, dark in tone.

“A mind-bending new novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll...”
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Start with Alice →

Fairy Tale AnthologiesSeries

series7 books1993

“Each book commissions new stories from a rotating set of authors reworking familiar tales, often into darker, more adult territory than their source material.”
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Start with Snow White, Blood Red →

FolktalesSeries

series3 books1978

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 →

Coloured Fairy BooksSeries

series13 books1883

completed

Whimsical in tone, set in our world.

“Compiled with his wife Leonora Blanche Lang, the series collects nearly 800 stories in all and did much to establish fairy tales as a respected part of children's literature, inspiring many later imitators.”
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Start with The Blue Fairy Book →

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