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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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Start with Six of Crows →

includes The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows, The Grisha

The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

series9 books2010

About gods.

Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

The Kingdoms of Thorn and BoneSeries

series4 books2003

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“In doing so, she freed the race of humans - once taken from their distant homes and forced to wear the bitter yoke of slavery.”
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Start with The Briar King →

Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

series13 books2001

Emotional in tone.

“Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”
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Start with Kushiel's Dart →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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Start with Gardens of the Moon →

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

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