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Lud-in-the-MistNovel
Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926
Eerie in tone, about fae and art and artists.
Queen's ThiefSeries
series41 books1996
“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Thief →
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Final Empire →
includes Warbreaker, Mistborn, Elantris, The Stormlight Archive, Lumar, Canticle, Komashi, First of the Sun
Shadow of the LeviathanSeries
series3 books2024
About murder investigation.
“Set in an empire built along the shores of colossal sea monsters, it follows an unconventional investigator and her sharp-eyed assistant solving crimes that expose the empire's engineered biology and its rot from within.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Tainted Cup →
Enemies of the PrinceSeries
series2 books2013
Tense in tone.
Start with Allies & Assassins →
Kyralia seriesUniverse
universe8 books2001
Fantasy and epic fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue, set in secondary world.
“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