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  • Cover of The Circle of the World
    The Circle of the WorldUniverse

    universe · 29 books · 2006

    Fantasy and grimdark, set in secondary world.

    “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.”

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    Start with The Blade Itself →

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    includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy.

    “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 →

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    includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy

  • Cover of The Broken Empire
    The Broken EmpireUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 2011

    Grimdark, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

    “What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Prince of Fools →

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    includes The Red Queen's War

  • Cover of Empire of the Vampire
    Empire of the VampireSeries

    series · 3 books · 2021

    About vampires.

    Start with Empire of the Vampire →

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  • Cover of Thomas Cale
    Thomas CaleSeries

    series · 4 books · 2010

    About faith and religion.

    “Paul Hoffman's Thomas Cale series opens with The Left Hand of God, following a boy raised by a brutal religious military order who escapes into a wider world he's been kept ignorant of.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Left Hand of God →

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