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World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Fantasy, about political intrigue.
“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 Poppy WarSeries
series4 books2018
Grimdark and fantasy.
“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Poppy War →
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gardens of the Moon →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
The Acacia TrilogySeries
series3 books2007
Fantasy, about political intrigue.
“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue
Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →
The DarknessSeries
series6 books1999
Fantasy, about political intrigue.
Start with Into the Darkness →
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
Fantasy.
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha, Six of Crows