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series4 books2000

Weird fiction, challenging in tone.

“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
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Start with Perdido Street Station →

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

The Cult of LilythSeries

series2 books2024

Grimdark, adventurous in tone, about revenge.

“After being falsely accused of killing his mother, Taran ran away to avoid the noose.”
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Start with Tooth and Nail: An Epic Dark Fantasy Adventure →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, 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

RisenSeries

series1 book2012

Adventure, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in at sea.

“After he saved the world from Inquisitor Mendoza's madness and the Titan's wrath, he joined the Inquisition himself to save what was left of the world.”
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Start with Dark Waters →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

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

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