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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 Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Elric of Melniboné →
includes Oswald Bastable, Corum, Hawkmoon, Eternal Champion, The Elric Saga, Warrior of Mars
SparhawkUniverse
universe6 books1989
Epic fantasy and fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world.
“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
ShannaraUniverse
universe50 books1977
Epic fantasy and 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Imaginary Friends →
includes A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Legends of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara
The RiftwarUniverse
universe44 books1982
Epic fantasy and 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Magician →
includes Serpentwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, Darkwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Legends of the Riftwar, Demonwar Saga, Krondor's Sons, Conclave of Shadows
Paratime PoliceSeries
series33 books1948
Science fiction and alternate history, adventurous in tone.
“The protagonists of the stories are the Paratime Police, the organization that protects the secret of paratime travel.”
from the catalogue
Start with He Walked Around the Horses →