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universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
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Start with Northern Lights →

includes The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
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Start with Wizard's First Rule →

includes Richard and Kahlan, The Legend of Magda Searus, The Nicci Chronicles

DeryniUniverse

universe44 books1970

Historical fantasy, set in medieval.

“In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”
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Start with Deryni Rising →

includes Chronicles of the Deryni, Legends of Saint Camber, The Histories of King Kelson, The Heirs of Saint Camber, The Childe Morgan

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic 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.”
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Start with Magician →

includes Serpentwar Saga, Kelewan Empire, Darkwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar, Riftwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], The Firemane Saga, Krondor's Sons

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes The Fall of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, Word and the Void, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, The Genesis of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara

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