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Mordant's NeedSeries
series2 books1986
Adventurous in tone.
Start with The Mirror of Her Dreams →
Kyralia seriesUniverse
universe8 books2001
Epic fantasy.
“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 ScholomanceSeries
series3 books2020
Dark fantasy, about survival and coming of age.
Start with A Deadly Education →
SpellsingerSeries
series9 books1983
Adventurous in tone, about quests and music.
“Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series follows Jon-Tom, a UCLA law student pulled into a fantasy world by the wizard Clothahump, where he discovers he can cast spells by singing along with his guitar.”
from the catalogue
Start with Spellsinger →
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows, The Grisha
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History