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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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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
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Start with The Blade Itself →

includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

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.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

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.”
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Start with Gardens of the Moon →

includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

The White Mists of PowerNovel

Kristine Kathryn Ruschstandalone novel1991

Epic fantasy, about quests and political intrigue.

“Synopsis -An innocent excited boy, a prince and heir, takes his first journey to the city.”
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The Palace ChroniclesSeries

series3 books1999

Fairy tale retelling.

“The companion novel Palace of Mirrors shifts to a new heroine, Cecilia, a peasant girl secretly raised as the true princess who must reclaim her throne from an impostor, and Palace of Lies continues the loosely linked series.”
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Start with Just Ella →

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