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  • Cover of Tortall
    TortallUniverse

    universe · 25 books · 1983

    About coming of age.

    “In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →

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    includes The Immortals, Song of the Lioness, Protector of the Small, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Daughter of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles

  • Cover of Chronicles of the Cheysuli
    Chronicles of the CheysuliSeries

    series · 10 books · 1984

    Epic fantasy.

    “Jennifer Roberson's Chronicles of the Cheysuli opens a generation later with Alix, daughter of that forbidden union, as she comes to terms with the shapechanging magic in her own blood and an ancient prophecy she can't escape.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Shapechangers →

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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    includes The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

  • Cover of Stephen King multiverse
    Stephen King multiverseUniverse

    universe · 46 books · 1967

    Dark in tone.

    “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Gunslinger →

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    includes The Dark Tower

  • Cover of The Travelers (Patricia Briggs)
    The Travelers (Patricia Briggs)Series

    series · 6 books · 1993

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    Start with Masques →

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  • Cover of Nightseer
    NightseerSeries

    series · 5 books · 1989

    Dark in tone, about revenge.

    “A standalone fantasy adventure, it predates Hamilton's better-known Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Token for Celandine →

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