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  • Cover of Gormenghast
    GormenghastSeries

    series · 6 books · 1946

    completed

    Fantasy.

    “Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Titus Groan →

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    The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

    series · 11 books · 1995

    Fantasy.

    Start with Sabriel →

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  • Cover of Stephen King multiverse
    Stephen King multiverseUniverse

    universe · 46 books · 1967

    Dark in tone.

    “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Gunslinger →

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    includes The Dark Tower

  • Cover of Kane
    KaneSeries

    series · 25 books · 1970

    completed

    Sword and sorcery and fantasy.

    “Most Kane tales are sword and sorcery with strong elements of gothic horror and set in a grim, pre-medieval world which is nonetheless ancient and rich in history.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Darkness Weaves with Many Shades ... →

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  • Cover of The Secret Books of Paradys
    The Secret Books of ParadysSeries

    series · 15 books · 1988

    completed

    Dark fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

    “Synopsis - Welcome to the nightmare world of Paradys!”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Book of the Damned →

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    New CrobuzonSeries

    series · 4 books · 2000

    Weird fiction and fantasy, challenging in tone.

    “The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”

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    Start with Perdido Street Station →

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