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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, 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

The Wind on FireSeries

series3 books2000

Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.

Start with The Wind Singer →

Great AltaSeries

series5 books1988

completed

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The books interleave the main narrative with in-world songs, tales and scholarly fragments about the heroine's growing legend.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sister Light, Sister Dark →

Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries

series7 books2006

About con artists and heist, set in big city.

“The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →

The Green Bone SagaSeries

series5 books2017

About organized crime and family secrets, set in big city.

“A prequel novella, The Jade Setter of Janloon, was released in 2022; and a collection of short stories, Jade Shards, was released in 2023.”
from the catalogue

Start with Jade City →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

series11 books1995

Start with Sabriel →

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