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universe163 books1923

Fantasy.

“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

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue

Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Fantasy, about coming of age.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue

Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →

includes The Immortals, Song of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles, Protector of the Small, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Daughter of the Lioness

Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
from the catalogue

Start with Elric of Melniboné →

includes The Elric Saga, Corum, Eternal Champion, Hawkmoon, Oswald Bastable, Warrior of Mars

Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

series4 books1922

completed

Fantasy, about political intrigue and court intrigue.

“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue

Start with Mistress of Mistresses →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Warbreaker, Elantris, Lumar, First of the Sun, Canticle, Cosmere non-canon

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