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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    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

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

  • Cover of Discworld
    DiscworldUniverse

    universe · 84 books · 1983

    Funny in tone.

    “Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Guards! Guards! →

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    includes Discworld omnibuses, Discworld Plays, Discworld - Young Sam's books, Discworld Reference, Discworld Screenplays

  • Cover of Zimiamvian Trilogy
    Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

    series · 4 books · 1922

    completed

    Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and court intrigue.

    “Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Mistress of Mistresses →

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  • Cover of Celestial Kingdom
    Celestial KingdomSeries

    series · 4 books · 2022

    Emotional in tone.

    “Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”

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    Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

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  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy.

    “Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”

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    Start with The Final Empire →

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    includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Warbreaker, Canticle, Elantris, Lumar, First of the Sun, Cosmere non-canon