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  • Cover of Sparhawk
    SparhawkUniverse

    universe · 6 books · 1989

    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 →

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    includes The Tamuli, Elenium

  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

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

  • Cover of Zimiamvian Trilogy
    Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

    series · 4 books · 1922

    completed

    About court intrigue.

    “Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Mistress of Mistresses →

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  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

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

  • Cover of Tortall
    TortallUniverse

    universe · 25 books · 1983

    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 →

    similar byadventurousfantasysecondary world

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

  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Dark in tone, about war.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History