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universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The History of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
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Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →

includes The Immortals, Song of the Lioness, Protector of the Small, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Daughter of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Komashi, Warbreaker, Canticle, Lumar, Elantris, Cosmere non-canon

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone.

“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, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Witness Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy

PaksenarrionUniverse

universe31 books1988

Epic fantasy.

“A sheepfarmer's daughter refuses the marriage her father arranged, walks off the farm with nothing but a good knife, and signs her name to a mercenary company's roll.”
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Start with Sheepfarmer's Daughter →

includes The Deed of Paksenarrion, The Legacy of Gird, Paladin's Legacy, Paksenarrion World Chronicles, Dragon's Paladin

Saga of the UnfatedSeries

series2 books2024

Romantasy, about prophecy and enemies to lovers.

“Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior.”
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Start with A Fate Inked in Blood →

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