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MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, 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 →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about war.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
Night AngelUniverse
universe6 books2008
Dark fantasy and fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about assassins, set in secondary world.
“There are killers, and then there are wetboys — and the difference is that a wetboy never misses, because the magic in his blood will not let him.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Way of Shadows →
includes The Kylar Chronicles
Witches Steeped in GoldSeries
series2 books2021
About witches and enemies to lovers.
Start with Witches Steeped in Gold →
Forgotten RealmsUniverse
universe526 books1987
Epic fantasy.
“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Crystal Shard →
includes Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: Avatar, Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy, Abolethic Sovereignty, Forgotten Realms: Pools, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes Six of Crows, The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha