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universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue

Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes Heritage of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, The Genesis of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara

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

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

Sun Wolf and StarhawkSeries

series7 books1984

Sword and sorcery, about wizards.

“Sun Wolf's partnership with his lieutenant Starhawk carries across The Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar, and further volumes as both are drawn deeper into magic neither originally wanted.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Ladies of Mandrigyn →

The Queen of the TearlingSeries

series4 books2014

Epic fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue.

“Erika Johansen's Queen of the Tearling trilogy follows Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, heir to a struggling kingdom on a future landmass, as she's thrust from hiding into a throne threatened by more powerful neighboring realms.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Queen of the Tearling →

The Three Worlds UniverseSeries

series20 books1998

Epic fantasy.

Start with A Shadow on the Glass →

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