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universe50 books1977

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.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

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

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Dark in tone, 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, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

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

The White Mists of PowerNovel

Kristine Kathryn Ruschstandalone novel1991

About political intrigue and court intrigue.

“Synopsis -An innocent excited boy, a prince and heir, takes his first journey to the city.”
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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
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Start with Wizard's First Rule →

includes Richard and Kahlan, The Nicci Chronicles, The Legend of Magda Searus

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

includes The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Elantris, Lumar, Canticle, First of the Sun, Threnody, Warbreaker

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