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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

The EmpyreanSeries

series4 books2023

Romantasy and epic fantasy, about dragons and enemies to lovers.

“Rebecca Yarros's The Empyrean opens with Fourth Wing, following Violet Sorrengail as she's pushed into a brutal dragon-rider war college despite having trained for a different, less physically demanding path.”
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Start with Fourth Wing →

Crowthistle ChroniclesSeries

series4 books2004

Set in secondary world.

“Cecilia Dart-Thornton's Crowthistle Chronicles begins with The Iron Tree, following Jewel, a young woman marked by a birth-curse, through a secondary world shaped by the author's dense, archaic prose and folkloric creatures.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Iron Tree →

Simon SnowSeries

series3 books2015

Set in contemporary.

“Rainbow Rowell's Carry On follows Simon Snow through his final year at a magical school, where he is the 'Chosen One' expected to defeat a destructive force called the Humdrum threatening the World of Mages.”
from the catalogue

Start with Carry On →

The Mythean ArcanaSeries

series7 books2014

Set in our world and contemporary.

Start with Braving Fate →

The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

series8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Name of the Wind →

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