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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, 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

Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

series13 books2001

Fantasy, emotional in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
from the catalogue

Start with Kushiel's Dart →

Queen's ThiefSeries

series41 books1996

“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Thief →

The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

series9 books2010

Dark in tone, about gods.

Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

The World of RiversideSeries

series72 books1982

Fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“The wider World of Riverside has since expanded into shared-world short fiction and anthologies, such as Swords of Riverside, contributed to by numerous other writers.”
from the catalogue

Start with Swordspoint →

Twin CrownsSeries

series4 books2022

“Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister's place in the palace.”
from the catalogue

Start with Twin Crowns →

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