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

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Crystal Shard →

includes Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster, Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep, Forgotten Realms: The Threat from the Sea, Forgotten Realms: The Cities

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Magicians' Guild →

includes The Black Magician Trilogy, The Traitor Spy Trilogy

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Magician →

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

Outcast / Magic ZeroSeries

series4 books2004

Adventurous in tone.

“When Timothy is finally taken back to the city of this birth, he is fascinated by the current of magic that fuels the world, and mesmerized by the buildings and orbs that hang weightlessly in the sky.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Un-Magician →

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