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  • Cover of Lud-in-the-Mist
    Lud-in-the-MistNovel

    Hope Mirrlees · standalone novel · 1926

    Eerie in tone, about fae and art and artists.

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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 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 Rithmatist
    RithmatistSeries

    series · 1 book · 2013

    About magic schools and coming of age.

    Start with The Rithmatist →

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  • Cover of Queen's Thief
    Queen's ThiefSeries

    series · 41 books · 1996

    About political intrigue.

    “Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Thief →

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  • Cover of The Quest of the Riddle-Master
    The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

    series · 3 books · 1976

    completed

    Epic fantasy, about quests.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

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  • Cover of Forgery of Magic
    Forgery of MagicSeries

    series · 3 books · 2019

    Start with Nocturna →

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