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RisenSeries
series1 book2012
Fantasy and dark fantasy, dark and adventurous in tone, about quests and pirates, set in secondary world.
“After he saved the world from Inquisitor Mendoza's madness and the Titan's wrath, he joined the Inquisition himself to save what was left of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dark Waters →
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.”
from the catalogue
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 Princess BrideNovel
William Goldmanstandalone novel1973
Romance and humor, about forbidden love.
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Epic fantasy.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Final Empire →
includes Lumar, Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Warbreaker, Elantris, Komashi, Threnody
Stephen King multiverseUniverse
universe46 books1967
Dark in tone.
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Gunslinger →
includes The Dark Tower
The Princess and the GoblinSeries
series2 books1871
completed
About coming of age.
“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Princess and the Goblin →