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Worlds of Imagination:The Great Fantasy Series

A Maverick English teacher looks at 50 great fantasy series. The list includes both high and dark (AKA horror) fantasy, and is limited to those series that were specifically conceived as literary works by single authors or collaborators. Movie/TV novelizations, gaming series, and unattributed work have been excluded. I have stayed away from series marketed as Teen or YA ( hence no "Hunger Games" or "Divergent" ), except for a couple of cases where the crossover appeal could not be ignored. I've tried to balance the list between classics, bestsellers, and lesser known series deserving of a wider audience; that ,when combined with an arbitrary cutoff number of 50, necessitated omitting some very popular stuff. Finally, "Twilight" is not here because vampires don't sparkle; "50 Shades..." is not here because, in spite of the subject matter, the only fantasy there is the author's belief that he or she can write.
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The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
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The Great Tales of Middle Earth (Tolkien)
The Great Tales of Middle Earth (Tolkien)
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Narnia (The Chornicles of Narnia)
Narnia (The Chornicles of Narnia)
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Harry Potter Series
Harry Potter Series
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Earthsea Cycle (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Earthsea Cycle (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials
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The Zimiamvia Cycle (E. R. Eddison)
The Zimiamvia Cycle (E. R. Eddison)
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The Gormenghast Trilogy (Mervyn Peake)
The Gormenghast Trilogy (Mervyn Peake)
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Conan the Barbarian Series (Robert E. Howard)
Conan the Barbarian Series (Robert E. Howard)
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Tarzan of the Apes: The First Three Novels (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes: The First Three Novels (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
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John Carter of Mars: The First Five Novels (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
John Carter of Mars: The First Five Novels (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
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Sandman Series (Neil Gaiman)
Sandman Series (Neil Gaiman)
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A Song of Ice and Fire Series
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
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Amber Series (Roger Zelazny)
Amber Series (Roger Zelazny)
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The Changeling Saga (Zelazny)
The Changeling Saga (Zelazny)
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Tales of the Dying Earth
Tales of the Dying Earth
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Discworld Series
Discworld Series
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Avalon Cycle (Marion Z Bradley)
Avalon Cycle (Marion Z Bradley)
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The Darkover Saga (Bradley)
The Darkover Saga (Bradley)
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Sword of Truth Series (Terry Goodkind)
Sword of Truth Series (Terry Goodkind)
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The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks
The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks
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Heralds of Valdemar (Mercedes Lackey)
Heralds of Valdemar (Mercedes Lackey)
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Godspeaker (Karen Miller)
Godspeaker (Karen Miller)
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The Once and Future King
The Once and Future King
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The Pendragon Cycle (Lawhead)
The Pendragon Cycle (Lawhead)
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The Arthurian Saga (Stewart)
The Arthurian Saga (Stewart)
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The King Arthur Trilogy (Cornwell)
The King Arthur Trilogy (Cornwell)
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The Dark Tower (King)
The Dark Tower (King)
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The Vampire Chronicles
The Vampire Chronicles
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The Adversary Cycle (F. Paul Wilson)
The Adversary Cycle (F. Paul Wilson)
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Repairman Jack Series (F.Paul Wilson)
Repairman Jack Series (F.Paul Wilson)
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Pine Deep Trilogy (Maberry)
Pine Deep Trilogy (Maberry)
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The Passage Trilogy (Cronin)
The Passage Trilogy (Cronin)
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The Magicians Trilogy (Grossman)
The Magicians Trilogy (Grossman)
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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Saberhagen)
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Saberhagen)
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
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Elric (Moorcock)
Elric (Moorcock)
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Berserker Series (Fred Saberhagen)
Berserker Series (Fred Saberhagen)
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The Wheel of Time Series
The Wheel of Time Series
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The Inheritance Cycle
The Inheritance Cycle
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