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His Dark MaterialsUniverse
universe13 books1995
Fantasy, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Northern Lights →
includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Final Empire →
includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Elantris, Warbreaker, First of the Sun, Threnody, Komashi
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.
“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, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy
The Bifrost GuardiansSeries
series6 books1987
Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
“Torn from a world where bullets and grenades are the weapons of choice, and locked into an elvish body on a world where sword and spell are the means of battle.”
from the catalogue
Start with Godslayer →
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 Chaos ChroniclesSeries
series3 books2005
Science fantasy and fantasy, about identity, set in contemporary.
“John C. Wright is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels.”
from the catalogue
Start with Orphans of Chaos →