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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

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    includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Canticle, Warbreaker, Threnody, First of the Sun, Cosmere non-canon

  • Cover of The Circle of the World
    The Circle of the WorldUniverse

    universe · 29 books · 2006

    Grimdark.

    “What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Blade Itself →

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    includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

    “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 →

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

  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Magician →

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

  • Cover of Dragon Age (Bioware RPG tie-in)
    Dragon Age (Bioware RPG tie-in)Series

    series · 21 books · 2009

    Epic fantasy.

    “The Stolen Throne and The Calling serve as prequels filling in the backstory of characters central to the first game, while later books such as Asunder and The Masked Empire tie more directly into the plots and politics of the sequels.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Stolen Throne →

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