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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

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    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

  • Cover of The Princess and the Goblin
    The Princess and the GoblinSeries

    series · 2 books · 1871

    completed

    About coming of age, set in secondary world.

    “Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

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  • Cover of Watership Down
    Watership DownSeries

    series · 21 books · 1972

    completed

    About survival, set in countryside & village and our world.

    “Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Watership Down →

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  • Cover of Stardust
    StardustNovel

    Neil Gaiman · standalone novel · 1998

    Fairy tale retelling, about fae and coming of age, set in fairyland.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of The Princess Bride
    The Princess BrideNovel

    William Goldman · standalone novel · 1973

    Romance and adventure, set in secondary world.

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  • Cover of Redwall Universe
    RedwallUniverse

    universe · 32 books · 1986

    Set in secondary world.

    “Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Redwall →

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    includes Redwall, The Tribes of Redwall, Redwall Picturebooks, Redwall Audio Version