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

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

    similar byfantasysecondary world

    includes Mistborn, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Komashi, Threnody, Lumar, Elantris

  • Cover of Birthgrave
    BirthgraveSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    completed

    About revenge and identity.

    “The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Birthgrave →

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  • Cover of Magic Goes Away
    Magic Goes AwaySeries

    series · 22 books · 1969

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “The name is also used to refer to the series which includes this story.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Magic Goes Away →

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  • Cover of Kushiel's Legacy Universe
    Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

    series · 13 books · 2001

    Emotional in tone, about political intrigue.

    “Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Kushiel's Dart →

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  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy, about war.

    “Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gardens of the Moon →

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