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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 Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of the Lord of the Rings

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About political intrigue and war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

TiganaNovel

Guy Gavriel Kaystandalone novel1990

Historical fantasy, emotional in tone, about identity and political intrigue.

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

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, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Witness Trilogy

An Ember in the AshesSeries

series4 books2015

Tense in tone.

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
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Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

The Wind on FireSeries

series3 books2000

Adventurous in tone, about quests.

Start with The Wind Singer →

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