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  • Cover of His Dark Materials Universe
    His Dark MaterialsUniverse

    universe · 13 books · 1995

    About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

    “In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Northern Lights →

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    includes The Book of Dust, His Dark Materials

  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    Epic 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 →

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

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy.

    “Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

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    includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Warbreaker, Cosmere non-canon, Canticle, Lumar, First of the Sun

  • Cover of Sword of Truth
    Sword of TruthUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1994

    Epic fantasy.

    “Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wizard's First Rule →

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    includes Richard and Kahlan, The Nicci Chronicles, The Legend of Magda Searus

  • Cover of Sparhawk
    SparhawkUniverse

    universe · 6 books · 1989

    Epic fantasy, about quests.

    “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 →

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    includes Elenium, The Tamuli

  • Cover of Paksenarrion
    PaksenarrionUniverse

    universe · 31 books · 1988

    Epic fantasy.

    “A sheepfarmer's daughter refuses the marriage her father arranged, walks off the farm with nothing but a good knife, and signs her name to a mercenary company's roll.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Sheepfarmer's Daughter →

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    includes The Legacy of Gird, Paladin's Legacy, Paksenarrion World Chronicles, The Deed of Paksenarrion, Dragon's Paladin