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MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
“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, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Fantasy, about political intrigue.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
The Poppy WarSeries
series4 books2018
Grimdark and fantasy.
“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
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Start with The Poppy War →
The Broken EarthSeries
series5 books2014
Fantasy, about ecological collapse and survival.
“N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy is set on the Stillness, a single supercontinent wracked every few centuries by civilization-ending climate catastrophes called Fifth Seasons.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fifth Season →
The War of Lost HeartsSeries
series3 books2020
Romantasy and fantasy.
“A reclusive warrior who no longer believes it exists.”
from the catalogue
Start with Daughter of No Worlds →
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Fantasy.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →
includes The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Warbreaker, Elantris, Komashi, Lumar, Canticle, Threnody