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universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

The Broken EarthSeries

series5 books2014

Science fantasy, about ecological collapse and survival.

“N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy is set on the Stillness, a single supercontinent wracked every few centuries by civilization-ending climate catastrophes called Fifth Seasons.”
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Start with The Fifth Season →

WinterlandsSeries

series7 books1986

About dragons and demons.

“Once there, they learn Gareth is the crown prince, acting against his father's wishes, and that the dragon Morkeleb the Black is only one thread in a web that includes a sorceress with a grip on the king.”
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Start with Dragonsbane →

Sarantine UniverseSeries

series8 books1995

Historical fantasy, reflective in tone, about political intrigue.

“Each novel stands alone, but together they trace centuries of the same fictional world, distinct from Kay's separate Sarantine Mosaic duology.”
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Start with Sailing to Sarantium →

The EmpyreanSeries

series4 books2023

Romantasy and epic fantasy, about dragons and magic schools.

“Rebecca Yarros's The Empyrean opens with Fourth Wing, following Violet Sorrengail as she's pushed into a brutal dragon-rider war college despite having trained for a different, less physically demanding path.”
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Start with Fourth Wing →

Cerulean ChroniclesSeries

series2 books2020

Cozy fantasy, hopeful in tone, about found family.

“Somewhere Beyond the Sea shifts to a new protagonist connected to the same island and its found family.”
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Start with The House in the Cerulean Sea →

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