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His Dark MaterialsUniverse
universe13 books1995
About coming of age, set in parallel universe.
“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue
Start with Northern Lights →
includes The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, dark in tone, 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
Zimiamvian TrilogySeries
series4 books1922
completed
Epic fantasy, about court intrigue, set in secondary world.
“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mistress of Mistresses →
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, dark in tone, 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 Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
Solar CycleSeries
series18 books1980
completed
Science fantasy, set in far future.
Start with The Shadow of the Torturer →