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universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue.

“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

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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 →

includes Earthsea Cycle

FillorySeries

series7 books2009

Portal fantasy, set in contemporary.

Start with The Magicians →

The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

series8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Name of the Wind →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue

Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes High Druid of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara, Word and the Void, The Genesis of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara

The Tainted Blood DuologySeries

series2 books2023

Epic fantasy, about rebellion and revolution and political intrigue.

Start with Forged by Blood →

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