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  • Cover of Forgotten Realms
    Forgotten RealmsUniverse

    universe · 526 books · 1987

    Epic fantasy.

    “Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Crystal Shard →

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    includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Forgotten Realms: Avatar, Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, Forgotten Realms: Brotherhood of the Griffon, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster

  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, about war.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy, about war.

    “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 →

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    includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Witness Trilogy

  • Cover of The Lotus War
    The Lotus WarSeries

    series · 4 books · 2012

    About rebellion and revolution.

    “Land and sky have been poisoned by industrialization, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation's Shogun is lost to his thirst for power.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Stormdancer →

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  • Cover of The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
    The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

    series · 11 books · 1995

    Start with Sabriel →

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  • Cover of The Ancestor
    The AncestorSeries

    series · 4 books · 2017

    Epic fantasy and dark fantasy, about magic schools and coming of age.

    “The three novels tell the story of Nona Grey, a peasant girl with mystical abilities.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Red Sister →

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