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World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.
“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
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.
“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, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
The Poppy WarSeries
series4 books2018
Grimdark.
“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 →
TiganaNovel
Guy Gavriel Kaystandalone novel1990
Historical fantasy, emotional in tone, about identity.
Fallen Gods / GodkillerSeries
series3 books2023
Epic fantasy, tense and dark in tone, about gods and war, set in secondary world.
“Hannah Kaner's Godkiller follows Kissen, who lost her family to zealots of a fire god and now kills gods for a living, until she meets Skedi, a small god of white lies bound against his will to a young noble and hunted by assassins.”
from the catalogue
Start with Godkiller →
The City (Gemmell)Series
series2 books2013
Grimdark, set in big city.
“Built up over the millennia, layer upon layer, the City is ancient and vast.”
from the catalogue
Start with The City →