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Plob is 3 books, 2005–2013.

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Discworld
Myth Adventures
The Carpet People
Malazan
Tolkien's legendarium
A Wizard in Rhyme
Dying Earth
Gentleman Bastard Sequence
World of Ice and Fire

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

Myth AdventuresSeries

seriesRobert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye & Phil Foglio33 books1978

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Another Fine Myth →

The Carpet PeopleSeries

seriesTerry Pratchett4 books1971

About war.

“The Carpet People imagines an entire civilization of tiny peoples living among the towering fibers of a carpet, where different tribes must set aside old rivalries and unite against a shared threat sweeping through their world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Carpet People →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

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

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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

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.”
from the catalogue description

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A Wizard in RhymeSeries

seriesChristopher Stasheff8 books1986

Portal fantasy, about wizards and transported to another world.

“Matt Mantrell is an English major who gets transported to a different world where magic works by rhyme.”
from the catalogue description of Her Majesty's Wizard
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Her Majesty's Wizard →

Dying EarthSeries

seriesJack Vance, Jeff VanderMeer, Dan Simmons, Lucius Shepard & Michael Shea27 books1950

About wizards.

“Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”
from the catalogue description of The Dying Earth
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Dying Earth →

Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries

seriesScott Lynch7 books2006

About con artists and heist, set in big city.

“The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

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

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What should I read after Plob?: Discworld — the closest match to Plob on what it is about, not on what sells.
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How big is Plob?: Plob is 3 books, 2005–2013.

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