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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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, 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.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

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

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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Start with The Crystal Shard →

includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Harpers, Forgotten Realms: Songs and Swords, Forgotten Realms: The Last Mythal, Stone of Tymora, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

Keeper of the Lost CitiesSeries

series11 books2012

Start with Keeper of the Lost Cities →

Halfblood ChroniclesSeries

series3 books1991

Epic fantasy, about dragons and wizards.

“Elvenbred, the fourth book in the series, remained unfinished due to the death of Andre Norton.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Elvenbane →

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