Find your next SF/F read by mood

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.”
from the catalogue

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

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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 →

includes Earthsea Cycle

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Crystal Shard →

includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Sundering, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Forgotten Realms: The Harpers, Forgotten Realms: Avatar, Forgotten Realms: Moonshae, Abolethic Sovereignty

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue

Start with Magician →

includes Riftwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, The Riftwar Legacy, Darkwar Saga, Serpentwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar, Krondor's Sons, Kelewan Empire

Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
from the catalogue

Start with Conan the Victorious →

includes Conan Universe, Kull of Valusia

Dragon Age (Bioware RPG tie-in)Series

series21 books2009

About political intrigue.

“The Stolen Throne and The Calling serve as prequels filling in the backstory of characters central to the first game, while later books such as Asunder and The Masked Empire tie more directly into the plots and politics of the sequels.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Stolen Throne →

More like Neverstone