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

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
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Start with The Gunslinger →

includes The Dark Tower

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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Start with City of Bones →

includes Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Infernal Devices, The Dark Artifices, Magnus Bane, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Last Hours, The Eldest Curses

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

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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

The TapestrySeries

series4 books2007

“Max finds a letter in his coat pocket afterwards that leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where other gifted students like him go.”
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Start with The Hound of Rowan →

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