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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy.
“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
Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse
universe42 books2004
Fantasy.
“A Ranger is not a wizard, whatever the villagers whisper.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Tournament at Gorlan →
includes Ranger's Apprentice: The Early Years, Brotherband Chronicles, Ranger's Apprentice short fiction
RedwallUniverse
universe32 books1986
Fantasy, about quests.
“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
from the catalogue
Start with Redwall →
includes Redwall, The Tribes of Redwall, Redwall Picturebooks, Redwall Audio Version
Sea BeggarsSeries
series2 books2004
Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world and at sea.
“A stunning blend of visionary storytelling and majestic prose, The Mark of Ran is a new masterpiece of imaginative fiction.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Mark of Ran →
PiraticaSeries
series3 books2004
completed
Fantasy, about coming of age.
Start with Piratica →
Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
Science fiction, set in far future.
“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue
Start with Heavy Time →
includes Morgaine, Chanur, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Company Wars