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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.”
from the catalogue
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
Enchanted PilgrimageNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1975
About quests.
“A scholar at a remote university stumbles onto a manuscript that hints at forgotten secrets buried in the Wasteland, a blighted region where magic and monsters still linger at the edge of an otherwise rational world.”
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My Father's DragonSeries
series4 books1948
completed
Set in islands.
Start with My Father's Dragon →
Wizard WorldSeries
series3 books1980
About wizards and identity.
“Torn between the two, Pol has to master an art he was never trained for in order to survive his own inheritance.”
from the catalogue
Start with Changeling →
The Goblin ReservationNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1968
Time travel, whimsical in tone.
RoadmarksNovel
Roger Zelaznystandalone novel1979
Science fantasy and time travel.