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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    About war.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar bypolitical intriguedarksecondary worldfantasyepic fantasy

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • 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 →

    similar bydarksecondary worldepic fantasy+2 more

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

  • Cover of Tigana
    TiganaNovel

    Guy Gavriel Kay · standalone novel · 1990

    Historical fantasy, emotional in tone, about rebellion and revolution and identity.

    similar bypolitical intriguedarksecondary worldfantasyepic fantasy

  • Cover of The Circle of the World
    The Circle of the WorldUniverse

    universe · 29 books · 2006

    Grimdark.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Blade Itself →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasy+2 more

    includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

  • Cover of Grishaverse
    GrishaverseUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2012

    “Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Six of Crows →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasy+3 more

    includes The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha, Six of Crows

  • Cover of The Inheritance (Jemisin)
    The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

    series · 9 books · 2010

    About gods.

    Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

    similar bypolitical intriguedarksecondary worldfantasyepic fantasy