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  • Cover of Sword of Truth
    Sword of TruthUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1994

    Fantasy.

    “Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wizard's First Rule →

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    includes Richard and Kahlan, The Legend of Magda Searus, The Nicci Chronicles

  • Cover of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
    Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

    series · 11 books · 1977

    Fantasy, dark in tone, about quests.

    Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar byepic fantasysecondary worldwar+1 more

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Fantasy.

    “Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

    similar byepic fantasysecondary world+3 more

    includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Lumar, Warbreaker, Canticle, Cosmere non-canon, Threnody

  • Cover of The Codex Alera
    The Codex AleraSeries

    series · 6 books · 2004

    Fantasy, about political intrigue.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Furies of Calderon →

    similar byepic fantasytensesecondary worldwaradventurous+1 more

  • Cover of Shannara
    ShannaraUniverse

    universe · 50 books · 1977

    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 →

    similar byepic fantasysecondary world+2 more

    includes The Fall of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Legends of Shannara