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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy.
“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 Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Fantasy.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Final Empire →
includes The Stormlight Archive, Lumar, Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, Cosmere non-canon, Canticle, Komashi
The RiftwarUniverse
universe44 books1982
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 →
includes Krondor's Sons, Serpentwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Conclave of Shadows, Darkwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar, The Riftwar Legacy
HierarchySeries
series2 books2023
Tense in tone, about class conflict and rebellion and revolution.
“James Islington's Hierarchy series opens with The Will of the Many, set in the Catenan Republic, an empire built on 'Will' — citizens' personal strength and drive, ceded upward to those in power.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Will of the Many →
The Codex AleraSeries
series6 books2004
Fantasy, tense in tone, about war.
“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue
Start with Furies of Calderon →
The Licanius TrilogySeries
series3 books2014
About prophecy.
“The three books trace how the old war's cover-up starts to unravel.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Shadow of What Was Lost →