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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    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

  • Cover of Realm Breaker
    Realm BreakerSeries

    series · 3 books · 2021

    “Victoria Aveyard's trilogy, continuing through Blade Breaker and Fate Breaker, sends Corayne out with a small band of reluctant allies on a race against the warlord's forces.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Realm Breaker →

    similar byepic fantasysecondary world+4 more

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

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    includes Lumar, The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Elantris, Cosmere non-canon, First of the Sun, Canticle, Warbreaker

  • Cover of Spiderlight
    SpiderlightNovel

    Adrian Tchaikovsky · standalone novel · 2016

    Dark in tone, about dark lord and prophecy.

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  • Cover of Guardians of Ga'hoole
    Guardians of Ga'hooleSeries

    series · 17 books · 2003

    About war and coming of age.

    “Apart from the main series, there are a few more books and spin-offs set in the same universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Capture →

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  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Reflective in tone, about wizards.

    “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 →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle