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Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries
series7 books2006
Fantasy, about con artists and heist, set in secondary world and big city.
“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 →
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
Myth AdventuresSeries
series33 books1978
Humor.
“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
from the catalogue
Start with Another Fine Myth →
DiscworldUniverse
universe84 books1983
Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.
“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue
Start with Guards! Guards! →
includes Discworld omnibuses, Discworld Reference, Discworld - Young Sam's books, Discworld Plays, Discworld Screenplays
GruntsSeries
series2 books1992
Satire, about war.
Start with Grunts! →
The Princess BrideNovel
William Goldmanstandalone novel1973
Romance and adventure.