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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, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

Impossible CreaturesSeries

series3 books2023

“Katherine Rundell's trilogy opens with a boy, Christopher, discovering a hidden Archipelago where mythical creatures long thought imaginary still survive, guarded from the wider world by people who can perform an old magic.”
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City of BonesNovel

Martha Wellsstandalone novel1995

Science fantasy, about quests, set in desert and big city.

“Sand ship now traverse the routes once used by the great war galleons, and a glittering chain of city-states dot the Great Waste.”
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The Lotus WarSeries

series4 books2012

Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

“Land and sky have been poisoned by industrialization, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation's Shogun is lost to his thirst for power.”
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Start with Stormdancer →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

series2 books1871

completed

About quests and coming of age.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
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Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

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