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  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    About war.

    “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 →

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

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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    About political intrigue and war.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Dragonlance
    DragonlanceUniverse

    universe · 436 books · 1984

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

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    includes Dragonlance: The Dark Disciple Trilogy, Dragonlance: Legends Trilogy, Dragonlance: The War of Souls, Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragonlance: Heroes, Dragonlance: The Lost Chronicles Trilogy, Dragonlance: Tales II, Dragonlance: Warriors

  • Cover of Moorcock's Multiverse
    Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

    universe · 102 books · 1961

    Set in secondary world.

    “The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Elric of Melniboné →

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    includes Corum, Hawkmoon, The Elric Saga, Eternal Champion, Oswald Bastable, Warrior of Mars

  • Cover of The Song of Shattered Sands
    The Song of Shattered SandsSeries

    series · 14 books · 2015

    About political intrigue.

    “Starting in 2015 with Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, the series was concluded in 2021 with A Desert Torn Asunder.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Of Sand and Malice Made →

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  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    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 →

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    includes Demonwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, Riftwar Saga, Serpentwar Saga, Darkwar Saga, Krondor's Sons, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Legends of the Riftwar