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StardustNovel
Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998
About quests and fae.
“Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees.”
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FairylandSeries
series7 books2009
About quests.
“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
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Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →
Mopsa the FairyNovel
Jean Ingelowstandalone novel1869
About fae and quests.
“The journey is via a river – clearly symbolic of the River of life – and en route Jack has many adventures.”
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The Other NormalsNovel
Ned Vizzinistandalone novel2012
About transported to another world, set in secondary world.
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
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
Un Lun DunNovel
China Miévillestandalone novel2007
About transported to another world and chosen one, set in otherworld and contemporary.
“The title is derived from 'UnLondon,' the name of the alternate realm where the book is set.”
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