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

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

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.”
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Start with Magician →

includes Serpentwar Saga, Krondor's Sons, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Riftwar Saga, Darkwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, Legends of the Riftwar, The Riftwar Legacy

Halfblood ChroniclesSeries

series3 books1991

About dragons and wizards.

“Elvenbred, the fourth book in the series, remained unfinished due to the death of Andre Norton.”
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Start with The Elvenbane →

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

About quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
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Start with The Diamond Throne →

includes The Tamuli, Elenium

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes Heritage of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara

The Codex AleraSeries

series6 books2004

Tense in tone, about war.

“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.”
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Start with Furies of Calderon →

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