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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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Start with Gardens of the Moon →

includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Path to Ascendancy, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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Start with The Crystal Shard →

includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Sundering, Forgotten Realms: Avatar, Forgotten Realms: The Druidhome Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: Moonshae, Forgotten Realms: The Year of Rogue Dragons, Chosen of Nendawen

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 Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings