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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 Heritage of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Legends of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara, Word and the Void

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 Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Lumar, First of the Sun, Komashi

Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
from the catalogue

Start with Elric of Melniboné →

includes Hawkmoon, The Elric Saga, Corum, Eternal Champion, Warrior of Mars, Oswald Bastable

The Tears of ArtamonSeries

series4 books2003

Epic fantasy.

“Expected to avenge his father's death—and still his unquiet ghost—Gavril soon learns that becoming Drakhaon means not only ascending to the throne of Azhkendir but slowly changing into a being of extraordinary power and might.”
from the catalogue

Start with Lord of Snow and Shadows →

A Chorus of Dragons / Godslayer CycleSeries

series5 books2019

Epic fantasy.

“The five-book series is told through interleaved, non-chronological narration rather than a single straightforward timeline.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Ruin of Kings →

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