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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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Start with Gardens of the Moon →

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

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
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Start with The Blade Itself →

includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

The Demon CycleUniverse

universe18 books2008

Epic fantasy.

“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
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Start with The Painted Man →

includes Demon Cycle, The Nightfall Saga

DarwathSeries

series7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
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Start with The Time of the Dark →

The Prison HealerSeries

series3 books2021

Epic fantasy, about revenge.

“Lynette Noni's YA trilogy follows Kiva Meridan, a teenage healer imprisoned in the brutal death camp of Zalindov, who is forced to stand trial by combat in another prisoner's place when a mysterious rebel movement upends the prison's order.”
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Start with The Prison Healer →

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