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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Fantasy, about 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

The Tarnished CrownSeries

series2 books2014

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Karen Miller's The Falcon Throne opens a fantasy duology built around the fallout of a kingdom's succession crisis, tracking several rival claimants and their households through the political maneuvering it triggers.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Falcon Throne →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

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

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark and fantasy.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Blade Itself →

includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy.

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

Seven Realms UniverseSeries

series8 books2009

Adventurous in tone.

Start with The Demon King →

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