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World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
About war.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
Between Earth and SkySeries
series3 books2020
Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about gods and prophecy, set in secondary world.
“The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with Black Sun →
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, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
TiganaNovel
Guy Gavriel Kaystandalone novel1990
Historical fantasy, emotional in tone, about rebellion and revolution and identity.
The Second ApocalypseSeries
series11 books2003
Grimdark, challenging in tone, about war and faith and religion.
Start with The Darkness That Comes Before →
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows, The Grisha