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MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, about war, set in secondary world.
“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 →
includes The Kharkanas Trilogy, Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Witness Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy
To Reign in HellNovel
Steven Bruststandalone novel1984
Mythic fantasy, about angels and rebellion and revolution.
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about war, set in secondary world.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
InfernoSeries
series2 books1976
About redemption and faith and religion.
“In Inferno, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle send a science fiction writer to his death and drop him into a modern-dress version of Dante's nine circles of Hell, where he must reason his way toward understanding why he has been damned.”
from the catalogue
Start with Inferno →
Tales of the Flat EarthSeries
series14 books1978
completed
Set in secondary world.
“The novels take inspiration from One Thousand and One Nights and are similarly structured as interconnected stories.”
from the catalogue
Start with Night's Master →
The Circle of the WorldUniverse
universe29 books2006
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Blade Itself →
includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness