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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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings
Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse
universe102 books1961
Set in secondary world.
“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
from the catalogue
Start with Elric of Melniboné →
includes Corum, Hawkmoon, The Elric Saga, Eternal Champion, Oswald Bastable, Warrior of Mars
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Imaginary Friends →
includes A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Legends of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara
Sovereign StoneSeries
series4 books1999
Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and magical artifacts, set in secondary world.
“Second in line for succession to the throne, Prince Dagnarus will have his crown...and his queen -- though his heart's prize is a married elfin beauty.”
from the catalogue
Start with Well of Darkness →
SparhawkUniverse
universe6 books1989
Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Diamond Throne →
includes Elenium, The Tamuli
The Drenai SagaSeries
series15 books1984
completed
About redemption.
“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
from the catalogue
Start with Legend →