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    The King of Elfland's DaughterNovel

    Lord Dunsany · standalone novel · 1924

    About forbidden love, set in fairyland and secondary world.

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    series · 4 books · 1858

    About quests and identity, set in fairyland.

    Start with Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women →

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    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.”

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    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    Clifford D. Simak · standalone novel · 1968

    Science fiction and time travel, adventurous in tone, about aliens.

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    Neil Gaiman · standalone novel · 1998

    Fairy tale retelling, about quests 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.”

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