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universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
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Start with Elric of Melniboné →

includes Corum, The Elric Saga, Hawkmoon, Eternal Champion, Warrior of Mars, Oswald Bastable

The Drenai SagaSeries

series15 books1984

completed

Epic fantasy, about redemption and war.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
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Start with Legend →

BirthgraveSeries

series3 books1975

completed

About revenge and identity.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
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Start with The Birthgrave →

Hyborian AgeUniverse

universe242 books1929

Sword and sorcery and fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

“Earlier still lies the Thurian Age of Kull of Valusia, brooding forerunner to Conan.”
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Start with Conan the Victorious →

includes Conan Universe, Kull of Valusia

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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Start with The Crystal Shard →

includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Forgotten Realms: The Year of Rogue Dragons, Forgotten Realms: Avatar, Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate, Forgotten Realms: The Rogues, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Stone of Tymora

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

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