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

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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Start with The Crystal Shard →

includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Sundering, Forgotten Realms: Moonshae, Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster, Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows

Nazhuret of Sordaling / Lens of the WorldSeries

series3 books1990

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“R. A. MacAvoy's trilogy continues through King of the Dead and Winter of the Wolf, following Nazhuret further into the politics of a court he was never meant to be part of.”
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Start with Lens of the World →

Tales from the Five KingdomsSeries

series6 books2007

Start with The Robe of Skulls →

BalumniaSeries

series4 books1982

Whimsical in tone.

“Scientific explanation depends on such tongue-in-cheek concepts as The Five Standard Shapes, The Three Major Urges, and The Six Links of Bestial Sciences.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Elfin Ship →

BahzellSeries

series8 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“There is a pantheon of gods, some good—the Gods of Light—and some vile—the Dark Gods.”
from the catalogue

Start with Oath of Swords →

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