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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.”
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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

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.”
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Start with Magician →

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

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Fantasy.

“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 Elenium, The Tamuli

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Fantasy.

“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 Fall of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, High Druid of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara, Legends of Shannara

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

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: Moonshae, Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga, Forgotten Realms: Pools, Forgotten Realms: The Sundering, Forgotten Realms: The Twilight Giants Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: The Empires Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: The Year of Rogue Dragons

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

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

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