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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

Brak the BarbarianSeries

series16 books1963

completed

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

“John Jakes's Brak the Barbarian follows his own wandering barbarian swordsman, Brak, through sword-and-sorcery adventures modeled on the pulp tradition of the 1930s and '40s but original to Jakes rather than adapted from an earlier author.”
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Start with Brak the Barbarian →

The Crescent Moon KingdomsSeries

series1 book2012

Epic fantasy, set in desert.

“A handful of reluctant heroes must uncover the truth behind the killings before the kingdom tears itself apart.”
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Start with Throne of the Crescent Moon →

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

Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

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

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 →

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