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The Green Bone SagaSeries
series5 books2017
Fantasy, tense in tone, about organized crime and political intrigue, set in secondary world and big city.
“A prequel novella, The Jade Setter of Janloon, was released in 2022; and a collection of short stories, Jade Shards, was released in 2023.”
from the catalogue
Start with Jade City →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes Six of Crows, The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha
An Ember in the AshesSeries
series4 books2015
About rebellion and revolution.
“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
from the catalogue
Start with An Ember in the Ashes →
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, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
The City (Gemmell)Series
series2 books2013
Grimdark, about rebellion and revolution.
“Built up over the millennia, layer upon layer, the City is ancient and vast.”
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Start with The City →