Find your next SF/F read by mood

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

series15 books2012

“As the story progresses, Celaena forms unexpected bonds and uncovers a conspiracy amidst her adventures.”
from the catalogue

Start with Throne of Glass →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Dark in tone.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue

Start with Gardens of the Moon →

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

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue

Start with Wizard's First Rule →

includes Richard and Kahlan, The Nicci Chronicles, The Legend of Magda Searus

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

The Acacia TrilogySeries

series3 books2007

Dark in tone.

“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue

Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →

More like Assassin's Blade