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EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, 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
CorbenicNovel
Catherine Fisherstandalone novel2002
Portal fantasy, about quests and madness.
“Following a muddy path leads him to a castle that appears to be deserted.”
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LilithNovel
George MacDonaldstandalone novel1895
About identity, set in otherworld.
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 History of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
Lud-in-the-MistNovel
Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926
About fae and art and artists.
PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Mysterious in tone, about amnesia and identity, set in otherworld.
“A man lives in a huge isolated labyrinthine building partially submerged in an ocean, together with another man and 13 skeletons, which is the only world he recalls.”
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