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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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Start with Six of Crows →

includes The Grisha, The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

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

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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Start with Magician →

includes Serpentwar Saga, Darkwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, Krondor's Sons, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Conclave of Shadows, Legends of the Riftwar, Demonwar Saga

The Codex AleraSeries

series6 books2004

Tense in tone.

“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
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Start with Furies of Calderon →

Beklan EmpireSeries

series2 books1974

completed

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

“Two standalone novels by Richard Adams set in the same invented world, the Beklan Empire, an ancient, quasi-Mediterranean land of god-kings, slave markets, and warring city-states.”
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Start with Shardik →

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