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  • Cover of Narnia Universe
    NarniaUniverse

    universe · 38 books · 1950

    Portal fantasy.

    “Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

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  • Cover of Talisman
    TalismanSeries

    series · 4 books · 1984

    Portal fantasy, set in north america.

    “Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman follows twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer as he crosses between our world and the Territories, a parallel realm, on a cross-country quest to save his dying mother.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Talisman →

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  • Cover of American Gods
    American GodsSeries

    series · 10 books · 1999

    Mythic fantasy, about gods.

    “Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

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  • Cover of Europa Suite
    Europa SuiteSeries

    series · 2 books · 2003

    Fantasy and horror, dark and eerie in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

    “Giants of the Frost continues the loosely linked suite in the same vein.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Autumn Castle →

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  • Cover of Out of Their Minds
    Out of Their MindsNovel

    Clifford D. Simak · standalone novel · 1970

    Adventurous in tone.

    “What if their world were real - if vampires, devils and Don Quixote hobnobbed with Dagwood Bumstead and Charlie Brown.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Fionavar Universe
    Fionavar UniverseSeries

    series · 5 books · 1984

    Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone.

    “Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Summer Tree →

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