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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    About political intrigue and war.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar bydarksecondary worldfantasyepic fantasy

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasy+1 more

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

  • Cover of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
    Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

    series · 11 books · 1977

    About quests.

    Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

    similar bydarksecondary worldfantasyepic fantasy

  • Cover of Moorcock's Multiverse
    Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

    universe · 102 books · 1961

    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 →

    similar bysecondary world+4 more

    includes The Elric Saga, Hawkmoon, Corum, Eternal Champion, Warrior of Mars, Oswald Bastable

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    About war.

    “Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gardens of the Moon →

    similar bydarksecondary worldepic fantasy+1 more

    includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

  • Cover of Stephen King multiverse
    Stephen King multiverseUniverse

    universe · 46 books · 1967

    Dark in tone.

    “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Gunslinger →

    similar bydark+2 more

    includes The Dark Tower