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series8 books1968

Bittersweet in tone.

“The Last Unicorn is Peter S. Beagle's 1968 fantasy novel about a unicorn who, believing herself the last of her kind, sets out to learn what became of the others.”
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Start with The Last Unicorn →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“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.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

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

BirthgraveSeries

series3 books1975

completed

Dark in tone, about revenge.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
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Start with The Birthgrave →

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 →

Jack of ShadowsSeries

series4 books1971

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, about reincarnation.

Start with Jack of Shadows →

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