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The ScholomanceSeries
series3 books2020
Tense in tone, about magic schools and survival.
Start with A Deadly Education →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.
“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
PoisonNovel
Chris Woodingstandalone novel2003
Portal fantasy and fairy tale retelling, about quests.
The Circle of the WorldUniverse
universe29 books2006
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 →
includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness
SekenreSeries
series15 books1994
Fantasy and dark fantasy, dark in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.
Start with On the Last Night of the Festival of the Dead →
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, 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 →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy