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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Dark in tone.

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

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    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Magician →

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    includes Serpentwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Darkwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar, Kelewan Empire, The Firemane Saga, Krondor's Sons

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Dark in tone.

    “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, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

  • Cover of Dragon Trilogies
    Dragon TrilogiesSeries

    series · 6 books · 1988

    About dragons.

    “The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dragon Prince →

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  • Cover of The Codex Alera
    The Codex AleraSeries

    series · 6 books · 2004

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense and adventurous in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

    “Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Furies of Calderon →

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