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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

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, Path to Ascendancy, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

series11 books1977

Fantasy, about quests.

Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy.

“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 Hobbit, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

The Drenai SagaSeries

series15 books1984

completed

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about war.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
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Start with Legend →

Night AngelUniverse

universe6 books2008

Dark fantasy and fantasy.

“There are killers, and then there are wetboys — and the difference is that a wetboy never misses, because the magic in his blood will not let him.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Way of Shadows →

includes The Kylar Chronicles

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue

Start with Magician →

includes Conclave of Shadows, Serpentwar Saga, Kelewan Empire, Riftwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar, Darkwar Saga, The Riftwar Legacy, Krondor's Sons

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