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

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Funny in tone.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
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Start with Guards! Guards! →

includes Discworld omnibuses, Discworld - Young Sam's books, Discworld Reference, Discworld Plays, Discworld Screenplays

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Final Empire →

includes Mistborn, Warbreaker, Elantris, Komashi, Lumar, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, First of the Sun

Howl's CastleSeries

series3 books1986

completed

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

Dying EarthSeries

series27 books1950

Fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”
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Start with The Dying Earth →

ArchonateUniverse

universe78 books1994

“Old Earth turns through its penultimate age, the sun gone the colour of a bruised plum, and its inhabitants — being far too civilized to take alarm — occupy themselves with etiquette, connoisseurship, and elaborate fraud.”
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Start with Majestrum →

includes Henghis Hapthorn, Raffalon, Baldemar, Filidor Vesh, Luff Imbry, Kaslo Chronicles, Guth Bandar

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