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Lightness Saga is 4 books, 2017–2018.

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Tolkien's legendarium
World of Ice and Fire
Cosmere
Paksenarrion
Grishaverse
Malazan
The Bridge Kingdom
Blood and Ash Universe
This Woven Kingdom

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, 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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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

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PaksenarrionUniverse

universe31 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“A sheepfarmer's daughter refuses the marriage her father arranged, walks off the farm with nothing but a good knife, and signs her name to a mercenary company's roll.”
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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

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

universe36 books1999

Dark in tone.

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

seriesDanielle L. Jensen7 books2018

Fantasy, tense and emotional in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy.”
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Blood and Ash UniverseSeries

seriesJennifer L. Armentrout10 books2020

Romantasy.

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This Woven KingdomSeries

seriesTahereh Mafi4 books2022

Romantasy, about political intrigue.

“Tahereh Mafi's This Woven Kingdom follows Alizeh, a servant girl who is secretly the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, and Kamran, the human crown prince drawn to her despite prophecies foretelling his own king's downfall.”
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What should I read after Lightness Saga?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Lightness Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lightness Saga?: The Crown of Light. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lightness Saga.
How big is Lightness Saga?: Lightness Saga is 4 books, 2017–2018.

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