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

Tales of the Flat EarthSeries

series14 books1978

completed

About demons.

“The novels take inspiration from One Thousand and One Nights and are similarly structured as interconnected stories.”
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Start with Night's Master →

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.”
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Start with Gardens of the Moon →

includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Witness Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy

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

Tender MorselsNovel

Margo Lanaganstandalone novel2008

Fairy tale retelling, about grief and loss and family secrets.

Magic Goes AwaySeries

series22 books1969

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The name is also used to refer to the series which includes this story.”
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Start with The Magic Goes Away →

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