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Hidden Thrones is 7 books, 2015–2022.

“A thriller, that pits good against evil in the spiritual realm.”
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His Dark Materials
World of Ice and Fire
Sword of Truth
Deryni
The Riftwar
Shannara
Stephen King multiverse
Malazan
Cosmere

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.”
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
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DeryniUniverse

universe44 books1970

Historical fantasy, set in medieval.

“In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
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Start with The Gunslinger →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

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What should I read after Hidden Thrones?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to Hidden Thrones on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Hidden Thrones?: Hidden Thrones. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Hidden Thrones.
How big is Hidden Thrones?: Hidden Thrones is 7 books, 2015–2022.

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