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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

TroyNovel

Adèle Gerasstandalone novel2000

About gods, set in mediterranean and ancient world.

“Inside the walled city, food is growing scarce and the death toll is rising.”
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Contact: The Battle for AmericaSeries

series3 books2010

Dark in tone, about colonialism, set in north america and renaissance and early modern.

“Only after a firsthand lesson in Kristiano brutality does Black Shell fully comprehend the dangers these invaders pose to his people’s way of life.”
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Start with Coming of the Storm →

The Bridge KingdomSeries

series7 books2018

Set in secondary world.

“The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy.”
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Start with The Bridge Kingdom →

Oxford Time TravelSeries

series6 books1982

Science fiction and time travel, set in british isles and europe.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
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Start with Fire Watch →

Empire of the SunSeries

series2 books1984

completed

Reflective in tone, about coming of age.

“J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun draws on his own childhood to follow Jim, a British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II and interned in a civilian camp for the rest of the war.”
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Start with Empire of the Sun →

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