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Westlands / A Time of ... is epic fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Westlands / A Time of ... is 4 books, 1991–1994.

“Across the four books - A Time of Exile, A Time of Omens, Days of Blood and Fire, and Days of Air and Darkness - personal quests and a continent-spanning invasion converge.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
World of Ice and Fire
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
Cosmere
The Riftwar
Dragon Trilogies
Sparhawk
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
Malazan

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.”
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

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

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and 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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Dragon TrilogiesSeries

seriesMelanie Rawn6 books1988

Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue and dragons, set in secondary world.

“The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”
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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
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The Kingdoms of Thorn and BoneSeries

seriesGreg Keyes4 books2003

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“In doing so, she freed the race of humans - once taken from their distant homes and forced to wear the bitter yoke of slavery.”
from the catalogue description of The Briar King
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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after Westlands / A Time of ...?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Westlands / A Time of ... on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Westlands / A Time of ...?: A Time of Exile. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Westlands / A Time of ....
How big is Westlands / A Time of ...?: Westlands / A Time of ... is 4 books, 1991–1994.

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