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

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue.

“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

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Canticle, First of the Sun, Cosmere non-canon, Threnody, Warbreaker

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

series11 books1977

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about quests.

Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
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Start with Conan the Victorious →

includes Conan Universe, Kull of Valusia

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue

Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →

includes The Immortals, Protector of the Small, Song of the Lioness, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Daughter of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles

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