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universe25 books1983

About coming of age, set in secondary world.

“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, Protector of the Small, The Immortals, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Daughter of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles

Amazons!Series

series2 books1979

About quests, set in secondary world.

“A collection of stories of strong women, whether warriors, witches, brilliant strategists, muscular combatants, skilled fighters, who are not secondary to or subordinate to or defined by men.”
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Start with Amazons! →

Sword and SorceressSeries

series34 books1984

Set in secondary world.

“As she explained in the foreword to the first volume, she created the anthology to redress the lack of strong female protagonists in the subgenre of sword and sorcery.”
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Start with Sword and Sorceress →

GorSeries

series41 books1966

Science fantasy, dark in tone, about slavery, set in secondary world.

“The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state.”
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Start with Tarnsman of Gor →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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 →

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

The Steel SeraglioNovel

Mike Carey, Linda Carey & Louise Careystandalone novel2012

About survival and found family, set in secondary world.

“Once, in a city known as Bessa, there was a sultan named Bokhari Al-Bokhari, who was thrown down by the zealots of the ascetic Hakkim Mehdad.”
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