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series6 books2006

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about monster hunting, set in secondary world.

series11 books2007

Sword and sorcery, about wizards.

“Rather than one continuous novel, the series unfolds through linked novellas and short stories gathered into standalone collections, mixing swashbuckling action with dry, understated humor.”
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Start with Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

Who Fears DeathSeries

series5 books2010

Dark in tone.

Start with Who Fears Death →

Brak the BarbarianSeries

series16 books1963

completed

Sword and sorcery, about quests.

“John Jakes's Brak the Barbarian follows his own wandering barbarian swordsman, Brak, through sword-and-sorcery adventures modeled on the pulp tradition of the 1930s and '40s but original to Jakes rather than adapted from an earlier author.”
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Start with Brak the Barbarian →

DragonslayerNovel

Wayland Drewstandalone novel1981

About dragons and quests.

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