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  • Cover of Shannara
    ShannaraUniverse

    universe · 50 books · 1977

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “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 →

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

  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

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    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

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    “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 →

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

  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    About political intrigue.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of The Drenai Saga
    The Drenai SagaSeries

    series · 15 books · 1984

    completed

    About redemption.

    “David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Legend →

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  • Cover of The Demon Cycle
    The Demon CycleUniverse

    universe · 18 books · 2008

    Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Painted Man →

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    includes Demon Cycle, The Nightfall Saga