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TortallUniverse
universe25 books1983
Fantasy.
“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.”
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Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →
includes Song of the Lioness, The Immortals, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Protector of the Small, Daughter of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles
Pathfinder TrilogySeries
series3 books2010
Science fiction and time travel, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.
“One significant aspect of the Pathfinder series is its uniquely complex but well documented set of time travel rules.”
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Start with Pathfinder →
RailseaNovel
China Miévillestandalone novel2012
Fantasy and steampunk.
Kingdom (Cynthia Voigt)Series
series4 books1985
Fantasy.
“There is much want in the kingdom and the tales of Jackaroo, the masked outlaw who helps the poor in times of trouble, are on everyone's lips.”
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Start with Jackaroo →
TransitNovel
Edmund Cooperstandalone novel1964
About transported to another world, set in otherworld.
“As a human being - an Earthman - Richard Avery was not particularly successful.”
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The Princess and the GoblinSeries
series2 books1871
completed
Fantasy, about quests.
“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 →