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The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

series8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
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Start with The Name of the Wind →

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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Start with The Crystal Shard →

includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: Best of the Realms, Forgotten Realms: Songs and Swords, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster

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

The Lotus WarSeries

series4 books2012

Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

“Land and sky have been poisoned by industrialization, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation's Shogun is lost to his thirst for power.”
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Start with Stormdancer →

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.”
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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

Dragaeran EmpireSeries

series27 books1983

About political intrigue.

“Brust weaves in interspersed folklore chapters drawing on Hungarian tradition, using the family's crumbling castle as a recurring symbol for both a body and a disintegrating kingdom.”
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Start with Jhereg →

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