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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
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about 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
Forgotten RealmsUniverse
universe526 books1987
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 →
includes Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Rogues, Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: Avatar, Abolethic Sovereignty, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows
The Green Bone SagaSeries
series5 books2017
About family secrets.
“A prequel novella, The Jade Setter of Janloon, was released in 2022; and a collection of short stories, Jade Shards, was released in 2023.”
from the catalogue
Start with Jade City →
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
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 →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries
series7 books2006
About heist.
“The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →