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universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

universe8 books2001

About wizards and political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
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includes The Traitor Spy Trilogy, The Black Magician Trilogy

series5 books2010

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Canticle, Lumar, First of the Sun, Warbreaker, Threnody

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Dark in tone, about war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

universe27 books1994

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
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includes Richard and Kahlan, The Legend of Magda Searus, The Nicci Chronicles

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