Find your next SF/F read by mood

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and 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

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Blade Itself →

includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

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

The DevilsSeries

series1 book2025

Grimdark, about quests and found family, set in mediterranean.

“The audiobook, read by Steven Pacey, won an AudioFile Earphones Award.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Devils →

Wars of VisSeries

series3 books1976

completed

Epic fantasy, about gods.

“The Storm Lord opens the trilogy, continued by Anackire and The White Serpent.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Storm Lord →

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