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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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Start with Gardens of the Moon →

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

Nazhuret of Sordaling / Lens of the WorldSeries

series3 books1990

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“R. A. MacAvoy's trilogy continues through King of the Dead and Winter of the Wolf, following Nazhuret further into the politics of a court he was never meant to be part of.”
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Start with Lens of the World →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“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 →

includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

DarwathSeries

series7 books1982

Dark in tone.

“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.”
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Start with The Time of the Dark →

Deltora milieuSeries

series53 books1993

Adventurous in tone, about quests.

Start with Rowan of Rin →

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.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

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

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