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Watership DownSeries
series21 books1972
completed
About survival and found family, set in countryside & village.
“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
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Start with Watership Down →
Artemis FowlSeries
series15 books2001
About fae.
“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
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Start with LEPrecon →
DogsbodyNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1975
Mythic fantasy, about reincarnation and gods, set in british isles.
“Sirius the dog star, is reborn on earth as a puppy with a mission to search for the lost Zoi, the murder weapon of the stars.”
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SummerlandNovel
Michael Chabonstandalone novel2002
Portal fantasy, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.
“Summerland weaves elements of a World Series, parallel-universe road trip, and a hero's odyssey.”
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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
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.”
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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
James and the Giant PeachNovel
Roald Dahlstandalone novel1961
Whimsical in tone, about found family and coming of age.
“There have been re-illustrated versions of it over the years, drawn by Michael Simeon, Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith and Quentin Blake.”
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