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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and 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

EarthseaUniverse

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, 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, Witness Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

series11 books1995

Start with Sabriel →

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Diamond Throne →

includes Elenium, The Tamuli

Dragon King (Stephen R. Lawhead)Series

series3 books1982

Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Stephen Lawhead's Dragon King trilogy opens with young temple acolyte Quentin sheltering a dying knight who begs him to carry on a quest to protect the Dragon King's realm of Mensandor.”
from the catalogue

Start with In the Hall of the Dragon King →

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