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

The Broken EmpireUniverse

universe27 books2011

Grimdark.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
from the catalogue

Start with Prince of Fools →

includes The Red Queen's War

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

series11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with Sabriel →

The Courier's Daughter TrilogySeries

series3 books2012

Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival and forbidden love.

“Set in a walled, post-collapse city ruled by rigid survival laws, it follows a young woman searching for her missing father against the city's authorities and the monstrous forces beyond its walls.”
from the catalogue

Start with Defiance →

A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

series6 books2015

Romantasy, emotional in tone, about fae.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, 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 →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

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