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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

BirthgraveSeries

series3 books1975

completed

About identity.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Birthgrave →

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Blade Itself →

includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and 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

NightseerSeries

series5 books1989

Fantasy, dark in tone, about revenge, set in secondary world.

“A standalone fantasy adventure, it predates Hamilton's better-known Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Token for Celandine →

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