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World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about 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
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, about war.
“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gardens of the Moon →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
Between Earth and SkySeries
series3 books2020
Epic fantasy, about prophecy.
“The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with Black Sun →
Divine CitiesSeries
series3 books2014
Epic fantasy.
Start with City of Stairs →
The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series
series9 books2010
Epic fantasy.
Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →
Forgotten RealmsUniverse
universe526 books1987
Epic fantasy.
“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Crystal Shard →
includes Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: Avatar, Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy, Abolethic Sovereignty, Forgotten Realms: Brotherhood of the Griffon, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows