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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

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    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Forgotten Realms
    Forgotten RealmsUniverse

    universe · 526 books · 1987

    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 →

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    includes Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: The Year of Rogue Dragons, Forgotten Realms: The Cormyr Saga, Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Forgotten Realms: Best of the Realms, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster

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

  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

    “There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of The Lotus War
    The Lotus WarSeries

    series · 4 books · 2012

    About rebellion and revolution.

    “Land and sky have been poisoned by industrialization, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation's Shogun is lost to his thirst for power.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Stormdancer →

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  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    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 →

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