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universe163 books1923

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

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“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

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

series11 books1977

Epic fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world.

Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue

Start with Heavy Time →

includes Company Wars, Era of Rapprochement, Morgaine, Hanan Rebellion, Chanur, Mri Wars, Unionside, Age of Exploration

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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Start with Gardens of the Moon →

includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

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