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Araneae Nation is 9 books, 2012–2017.

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World of Ice and Fire
His Dark Materials
Kushiel's Legacy Universe
Trylle Universe
The World of Riverside
Cosmere
Grishaverse
Stephen King multiverse
Crave (Tracy Wolff)

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

seriesJacqueline Carey13 books2001

Fantasy, emotional in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue description of Earth Begotten

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Trylle UniverseSeries

seriesAmanda Hocking9 books2010

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The World of RiversideSeries

seriesEllen Kushner, Joel Derfner, Tessa Gratton, Karen Lord, Delia Sherman, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Liz Duffy Adams, Racheline Maltese, Malinda Lo, Paul Witcover, Juliet Ulman, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Patty Bryant & Kelly Robson72 books1982

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“The wider World of Riverside has since expanded into shared-world short fiction and anthologies, such as Swords of Riverside, contributed to by numerous other writers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Swordspoint →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

Crave (Tracy Wolff)Series

seriesTracy Wolff7 books2020

About vampires.

“Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it.”
from the catalogue description of Crave

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What should I read after Araneae Nation?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Araneae Nation on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Araneae Nation?: A Heart of Ice. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Araneae Nation.
How big is Araneae Nation?: Araneae Nation is 9 books, 2012–2017.

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