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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
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.”
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
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →
includes Earthsea Cycle
Howl's CastleSeries
series3 books1986
completed
Adventurous in tone.
Start with Howl's Moving Castle →
The Charwoman's ShadowNovel
Lord Dunsanystandalone novel1926
About identity.
World of Septimus HeapSeries
series12 books2005
Adventurous in tone.
Start with Magyk →
Dying EarthSeries
series27 books1950
Fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.
“Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Dying Earth →