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universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy, about quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
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Start with The Diamond Throne →

includes Elenium, The Tamuli

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

Night's DaughterNovel

Marion Zimmer Bradleystandalone novel1985

Mythic fantasy, about quests and forbidden love.

“Since time immemorial, when the Serpent-lord coupled in the Great Rite with the Priestess of the Night, the Kingdoms of Light and Dark, of Sun and of Moon have been at war.”
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Song of the Last KingdomSeries

series2 books2023

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about colonialism.

“Lan spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak’gong, a city transformed by the Elantian colonizers.”
from the catalogue

Start with Song of Silver, Flame Like Night →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

includes Warbreaker, Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Lumar, Elantris, Komashi, First of the Sun

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

About coming of age.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue

Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →

includes The Immortals, Song of the Lioness, Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, Protector of the Small, Daughter of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles

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