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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

KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue

Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

Podkayne of MarsNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1963

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in near future.

“Poddy has one goal in life, to be the first female starship captain.”
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Starman JonesNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953

Science fiction, about space exploration, set in space and far future.

“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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Farmer in the SkyNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1950

Science fiction and hard science fiction, about space colonization, set in outer planets & moons.

“A family emigrates to the new colony on Ganymede, but the existing colonists do not have the resources to support a flood of immigrants.”
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