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universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

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, Elantris, Mistborn, Lumar, Cosmere non-canon, Canticle, First of the Sun, Komashi

The EmpyreanSeries

series4 books2023

About dragons and enemies to lovers.

“Rebecca Yarros's The Empyrean opens with Fourth Wing, following Violet Sorrengail as she's pushed into a brutal dragon-rider war college despite having trained for a different, less physically demanding path.”
from the catalogue

Start with Fourth Wing →

Crowthistle ChroniclesSeries

series4 books2004

Set in secondary world.

“Cecilia Dart-Thornton's Crowthistle Chronicles begins with The Iron Tree, following Jewel, a young woman marked by a birth-curse, through a secondary world shaped by the author's dense, archaic prose and folkloric creatures.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Iron Tree →

Circle of MagicUniverse

universe11 books1997

About coming of age.

“Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sandry's Book →

includes The Circle Reforged, The Circle Opens, Circle of Magic (Tamora Pierce)

World of Septimus HeapSeries

series12 books2005

About wizards.

Start with Magyk →

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