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The Burned Land is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Shannara
Cosmere
Narnia
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
Sword of Truth
The Broken Empire
The Riftwar

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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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
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Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

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Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

universe27 books2011

Grimdark.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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What should I read after The Burned Land?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Burned Land on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Burned Land?: Nobody's Hero. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Burned Land.
How big is The Burned Land?: The Burned Land is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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