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universe8 books2001

Fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Magicians' Guild →

includes The Black Magician Trilogy, The Traitor Spy Trilogy

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy.

“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 →

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 Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

series8 books2002

Fantasy.

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Name of the Wind →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Fantasy.

“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 →

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

The Licanius TrilogySeries

series3 books2014

About chosen one and prophecy.

“The three books trace how the old war's cover-up starts to unravel.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Shadow of What Was Lost →

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