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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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Magician →
includes Serpentwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Darkwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, Krondor's Sons, Legends of the Riftwar, Conclave of Shadows, Demonwar Saga
The Codex AleraSeries
series6 books2004
Tense in tone.
“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue
Start with Furies of Calderon →
SparhawkUniverse
universe6 books1989
About quests.
“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Diamond Throne →
includes The Tamuli, Elenium
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Dark in tone.
“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
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Final Empire →
includes The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Lumar, Warbreaker, Canticle, Elantris, Cosmere non-canon, Komashi