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An overview of literature and genre fiction recommended by /lit/.
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<h1>Literature</h1>
<h2>By country</h2>
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|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:Japan.png]] Japan</h3>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="200" align="center"|<h3>'''[[Recommended Reading/Literature by origin|Literature by origin]]'''</h3>[[File:Ulysses235px.png|link=Recommended Reading/Literature by origin]]
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="200" align="center"|<h3>'''[[Recommended Reading/Literature by type|Literature by type]]'''</h3>[[File:Menwithoutwomen235px.png|link=Recommended Reading/Literature by type]]
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="200" align="center"|<h3>'''[[Recommended Reading/Genre fiction|Genre fiction]]'''</h3>[[File:Lotr1sted235px.png|link=Recommended Reading/Genre fiction]]
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="200" align="center"|<h3>'''[[Recommended Reading/Non-fiction|Non-fiction]]'''</h3>[[File:Kritik235px.png|link=Recommended Reading/Non-fiction]]
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Tale_of_Genji.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Tale of Genji|The Tale of Genji]]''<br/>(11th century)<br/>by Murasaki Shikibu</small>
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Kokoro.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Kokoro|Kokoro]]''<br/>(1914)<br/>by Natsume Soseki</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Rashomon_and_Seventeen_Other_Stories.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Rashōmon_(short_story)|Rashomon]]''<br/>(1915)<br/>by Akutagawa</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Naomi.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Naomi (novel)|Naomi]]''<br/>(1924)<br/>by Junichiro Tanizaki</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Snow_Country.jpg|80px]] <br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Snow Country|Snow Country]]''<br/>(1947)<br/>by Yasunari Kawabata</small>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
|colspan=4 style="background:#C3D69B;"| A general collection of recommended reading charts can be found [[Charts|here]] and [[:Category:Charts|here]]. Charts for specific authors can be found [[Recommended_Reading_Charts_(by_Author)|here]].
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|rowspan=6 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classical Literature (until 1600's)||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Gossamer Years | The Gossamer Years]]'' (974) by Mother of Michitsuna</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Pillow Book | The Pillow Book]]'' (1002) by Sei Shonagon</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Tales of Ise | The Tales of Ise]]'' by Anonymous</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Hojoki | Hojoki]]'' (1212) by Kamo no Chomei</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Essays in Idleness | Essays in Idleness]]'' (1330) by Yoshida Kenko</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Tale of Heike | The Tale of Heike]]'' (1371) by Anonymous</small>
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|rowspan=5 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Edo Period (1603-1868)||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Life of an Amorous Woman | The Life of an Amorous Woman]]'' (1686) by Saikaku Ihara</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Hagakure | Hagakure: the Book of the Samurai]]'' (1716) by Yamamoto Tsunetomo</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu | Four Major Plays]]'' (~1720) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Chushingura | Chushingura]]'' (1748) by Takedo Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku, Namiki Senryuu </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Tales of Moonlight and Rain |Tales of Moonlight and Rain]]'' (1776) by Ueda Akinari</small>
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|rowspan=15 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Modern Literature (1868-1945)||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Ukigumo | Ukigumo]]'' (1887) by Futabatei Shimei </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Koda Rohan|Pagoda, Skull and Samurai]]'' (1889) by Koda Rohan</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Higuchi Ichiyo|In the Shade of Spring Leaves]]'' (1892-6) by Higuchi Ichiyo </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Kyoka Izumi|Japanese Gothic Tales]]'' (1900) by Izumi Kyoka </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Broken Commandment|The Broken Commandment]]'' (1906) by Toson Shimazaki</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Katai Tayama|The Quilt and Other Stories]]'' (1907) by Katai Tayama </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Kenji Miyazawa|The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa]]'' (1924) by  Kenji Miyazawa</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Botchan|Botchan]]'' (1906) by Natsume Soseki </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: I am a Cat|I Am a Cat]]'' (1905) by Natsume Soseki </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Wild Geese (novel)|The Wild Geese]]'' (1913) by Mori Ogai </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Shiga Naoya|The Paper Door and Other Stories]]'' (1927) by Shiga Naoya </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Kafu Nagai|During the Rain & Flowers in the Shade]]'' (1930) by Kafu Nagai </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Musashi| Musashi]]'' (1935) by Eiji Yoshikawa </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: The Makioka Sisters|The Makioka Sisters]]'' (1943) by Junichiro Tanizaki </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Edogawa Ranpo|Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination]]'' (1940) by Edogawa Ranpo </small>
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|rowspan=23 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Post War (1946-present)||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Inoue Yasushi | The Counterfeiter and Other Stories]]'' by Yasushi Inou </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Palm-of-the-Hand Stories|Palm-of-the-Hand Stories]]'' by Yasunari Kawabata</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Master of Go|The Master of Go]]'' (1954) by Yasunari Kawabata </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Setting Sun|The Setting Sun]]'' (1947) by Osamu Dazai </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Fires on the Plain|Fires on the Plain]]'' (1951) by Shohei Ooka </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Waiting Years|The Waiting Years]]'' (1957) by Fumiko Enchi </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Confessions of a Mask|Confessions of a Mask]]'' (1948) by Yukio Mishima </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Temple of the Golden Pavilion|The Temple of the Golden Pavilion]]'' (1956) by Yukio Mishima </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Spring Snow|Spring Snow]]'' (1963) by Yukio Mishima </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids |Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids ]]'' (1958) by Kenzaburo Oe </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:A Personal Matter|A Personal Matter]]'' (1964) by Kenzaburo Oe </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Black Rain|Black Rain]]'' (1966) by Masuji Ibuse </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Box Man|The Box Man]]'' (1973) by Kobo Abe </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Woman in the Dunes |The Woman in the Dunes]]'' (1962) by Kobo Abe </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Silence (novel)|Silence]]'' (1966) by Shusaku Endo </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Samurai (novel)|The Samurai]]'' (1980) by Shusaku Endo </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Twilight Years|The Twilight Years]]'' (1972) by Sawako Ariyoshi </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Almost Transparent Blue|Almost Transparent Blue]]'' (1976) by Ryu Murakami</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Kitchen (novel)|Kitchen]]'' (1988) by Banana Yoshimoto </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Norweigan Wood|Norweigan Wood]]'' (1987) by Haruki Murakami </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: The Elephant Vanishes|The Elephant Vanishes]]'' (1991) by Haruki Murakami</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle|The Wind-up Bird Chronicle]]'' (1995) by Haruki Murakami </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Housekeeper and the Professor|The Housekeeper and the Professor]]'' (2003) by Yoko Ogawa</small>
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|colspan=5|<h3>Norway</h3>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:A-Doll-s-House-and-Other-Plays.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:A Doll's House|A Doll's House]]''<br/>(1879)<br/>by Henrik Ibsen</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Thewildduck.png|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Wild Duck|The Wild Duck]]''<br/>(1884)<br/>by Henrik Ibsen</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Hunger.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Hunger (novel)|Hunger]]''<br/>(1890)<br/>by Knut Hamsun</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Growthofthesoil.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Growth of the Soil|Growth of the Soil]]''<br/>(1917)<br/>by Knut Hamsun</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:The wreath.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Kristin Lavransdatter (novel)|The Wreath]]''<br/>(1920)<br/>by Sigrid Undset</small>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
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|rowspan=1 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Medieval||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Heimskringla|Heimskringla]]'' (13th century) by Snorri Sturluson</small>
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|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classic||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Brand (play)|Brand]]'' (1866) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Hedda Gabler|Hedda Gabler]]'' (1891) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Pan (novel)|Pan]]'' (1894) by Knut Hamsun</small>
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|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Contemporary||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Beatles (novel)|Beatles]]'' (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Naïve. Super|Naïve. Super]]'' (1996) by Erlend Loe</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Out Stealing Horses|Out Stealing Horses]]'' (2003) by Per Petterson</small>
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<h2>By format</h2>
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|colspan=5|<h3>Short story collections</h3>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Classic'''
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|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Aparisianaffair.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''A Parisian Affair and Other Stories''<br/>by Guy de Maupassant</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Firstlove.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''First Love and Other Stories''<br/>by Ivan Turgenev</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:The-death-of-ivan-ilyich-and-other-stories.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories''<br/>by Leo Tolstoy</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:ThreeTales.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''Three Tales''<br/>by Gustav Flaubert</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Deadmentellnotales.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''Dead Men Tell No Tales''<br/>by Emile Zola''</small>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further classic collections'''
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|colspan=5|<small>''The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky''</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings'' by Edgar Allan Poe</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''The Kruezter Sonata and Other Stories'' by Leo Tolstoy</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''The Queen of Spades and Other Stories'' by Alexander Pushkin</small>
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<h1>Genre fiction</h1>
<h2>By genre</h2>
<h3>Fantasy</h3>
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|colspan=5|<h4>Epic fantasy</h4>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Thehobbit.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Hobbit|The Hobbit]]''<br/>(1937)<br/> by J. R. R. Tolkien</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:LordoftheRings.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings]]''<br/>(1954&ndash;1955)<br/> by J. R. R. Tolkien</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:The Black Company.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Black Company|The Black Company]]''<br/>(1984&mdash;)<br/>by Glen Cook</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:TheEyeOfTheWorld.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Wheel of Time|The Wheel of Time]]''<br/>(1990&mdash;)<br/>by Robert Jordan</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:AGameOfThrones.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:A Song of Ice and Fire|A Song of Ice and Fire]]''<br/>(1996&mdash;)<br/>by George R. R. Martin</small>
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Gardens-of-the-moon.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>[[wikipedia:Malazan Book of the Fallen|''Malazan Book'']]<br/>(1999&ndash;2011)<br/>by Steven Erikson</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Thebladeitself.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The First Law|The First Law]]''<br/>(2006&mdash;)<br/>by Joe Abercrombie</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Mistborn1.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Mistborn series|Mistborn]]''<br/>(2006&ndash;2008)<br/>by Brandon Sanderson</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:The-name-of-the-wind.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Kingkiller Chronicle|The Kingkiller Chronicle]]''<br/>(2007&mdash;)<br/>by Patrick Rothfuss</small>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Additional works'''
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Silmarillion|The Silmarillion]]'' (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Shannara|Shannara]]'' (1977&mdash;) by Terry Brooks</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Glen Cook|The Swordbearer]]'' (1982) by Glen Cook</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Belgariad|The Belgariad]]'' (1982&ndash;1984) by David Eddings</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Deed of Paksenarrion|The Deed of Paksenarrion]]'' (1992) by Elizabeth Moon</small>
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