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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 Palace ChroniclesSeries

series3 books1999

Fairy tale retelling.

“The companion novel Palace of Mirrors shifts to a new heroine, Cecilia, a peasant girl secretly raised as the true princess who must reclaim her throne from an impostor, and Palace of Lies continues the loosely linked series.”
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Start with Just Ella →

Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)Series

series5 books1997

About coming of age.

“Fairest moves to the neighboring kingdom of Ayortha for a take on Snow White, with later volumes continuing to draw on other tales within the same connected world.”
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Start with Ella Enchanted →

Cerulean ChroniclesSeries

series2 books2020

Cozy fantasy, hopeful and emotional in tone, about found family.

“Somewhere Beyond the Sea shifts to a new protagonist connected to the same island and its found family.”
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Start with The House in the Cerulean Sea →

The Ordinary PrincessNovel

M. M. Kayestandalone novel1980

Fairy tale retelling, whimsical in tone.

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue

Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →

includes Song of the Lioness, The Immortals, Protector of the Small, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Daughter of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles

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