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  • Cover of Mortal Engines Universe
    Mortal EnginesUniverse

    universe · 14 books · 2001

    Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in far future.

    “In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Mortal Engines →

    similar bysteampunk+3 more

    includes Mortal Engines Prequels, Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Fantasy and epic fantasy.

    “Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

    similar bysecondary world+3 more

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

  • Cover of The Lotus War
    The Lotus WarSeries

    series · 4 books · 2012

    Fantasy, about rebellion and revolution.

    “Land and sky have been poisoned by industrialization, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation's Shogun is lost to his thirst for power.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Stormdancer →

    similar bysecondary worlddark+4 more

  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy and fantasy.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar bypolitical intriguewarsecondary worlddark+1 more

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of The Cinder Spires
    The Cinder SpiresSeries

    series · 3 books · 2015

    Steampunk, set in secondary world.

    “Continuing with Warriorborn and The Olympian Affair, it marks a departure in setting from Butcher's contemporary-fantasy Dresden Files while keeping his fast-paced adventure style.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Aeronaut's Windlass →

    similar bysteampunksecondary world+3 more

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy.

    “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 →

    similar bywarsecondary worlddark+2 more

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