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

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

includes Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Lumar, Cosmere non-canon, Threnody

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 The Elric Saga, Corum, Hawkmoon, Eternal Champion, Oswald Bastable, Warrior of Mars

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.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes Heritage of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, The Fall of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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Start with Magician →

includes Riftwar Saga, Serpentwar Saga, The Riftwar Legacy, Demonwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, Legends of the Riftwar, Darkwar Saga, Krondor's Sons

Howl's CastleSeries

series3 books1986

completed

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

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