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World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy and fantasy.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
Echo CitySeries
series2 books2010
Dark fantasy, about genetic engineering and amnesia, set in big city.
“Surrounded by a vast, poisonous desert, Echo City is built upon the graveyard of its own past.”
from the catalogue
Start with Echo City →
The DarknessSeries
series6 books1999
Epic fantasy and fantasy.
Start with Into the Darkness →
The Poppy WarSeries
series4 books2018
Grimdark and epic fantasy.
“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Poppy War →
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
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 →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
The Acacia TrilogySeries
series3 books2007
Epic fantasy and fantasy.
“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue
Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →