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Zimiamvian TrilogySeries
series4 books1922
completed
Epic fantasy, about court intrigue.
“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mistress of Mistresses →
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, 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
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 History of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series
series9 books2010
Epic fantasy, dark in tone.
Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →
The Dark Star TrilogySeries
series2 books2019
Dark in tone.
“Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy opens with Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in which a mercenary tracker is hired to find a missing boy and is drawn into a war between kingdoms across a continent built from African history and mythology.”
from the catalogue
Start with Black Leopard, Red Wolf →
Celestial KingdomSeries
series4 books2022
Emotional in tone.
“Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”
from the catalogue
Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →