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

The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

series3 books1976

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Fantasy and epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
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Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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Start with Magician →

includes Riftwar Saga, The Riftwar Legacy, Serpentwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar, Conclave of Shadows, Darkwar Saga, The Dragonwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US]

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

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

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

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

Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
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Start with Elric of Melniboné →

includes Hawkmoon, Corum, The Elric Saga, Eternal Champion, Warrior of Mars, Oswald Bastable

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