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

  • Cover of Shannara
    ShannaraUniverse

    universe · 50 books · 1977

    Epic fantasy.

    “Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Imaginary Friends →

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    includes Heritage of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Word and the Void, The Genesis of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Legends of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara

  • Cover of Winterlands
    WinterlandsSeries

    series · 7 books · 1986

    About dragons.

    “Once there, they learn Gareth is the crown prince, acting against his father's wishes, and that the dragon Morkeleb the Black is only one thread in a web that includes a sorceress with a grip on the king.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dragonsbane →

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  • Cover of Narnia Universe
    NarniaUniverse

    universe · 38 books · 1950

    Portal fantasy.

    “Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

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    includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

  • Cover of The Demon Cycle
    The Demon CycleUniverse

    universe · 18 books · 2008

    Epic fantasy.

    “When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Painted Man →

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    includes Demon Cycle, The Nightfall Saga

  • Cover of Warcraft Universe
    WarcraftUniverse

    universe · 56 books · 2001

    Epic fantasy.

    “Azeroth is a world that has been broken more than once and is lived in anyway.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Last Guardian →

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    includes World of Warcraft, War of the Ancients