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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

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    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy.

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

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    Start with The Final Empire →

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    includes Mistborn, Canticle, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Lumar, First of the Sun, Warbreaker, Threnody

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

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, 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, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy

  • Cover of Dragon Trilogies
    Dragon TrilogiesSeries

    series · 6 books · 1988

    Epic fantasy, about dragons and political intrigue.

    “The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”

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    Start with Dragon Prince →

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  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    Epic fantasy.

    “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 →

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    includes Krondor's Sons, The Riftwar Legacy, Serpentwar Saga, Kelewan Empire, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], The Firemane Saga, Riftwar Saga, Darkwar Saga