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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue

Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, Word and the Void, The Fall of Shannara, The Genesis of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, The Dark Legacy of Shannara

SpellSeries

series3 books2010

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with Spellwright →

DarwathSeries

series7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Time of the Dark →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Magician →

includes Darkwar Saga, Kelewan Empire, Riftwar Saga, Serpentwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, The Riftwar Legacy, Demonwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

series11 books1995

Start with Sabriel →

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