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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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Start with Six of Crows →

includes The Grisha, The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

series11 books1977

Epic fantasy, about quests.

Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

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.”
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Start with Elric of Melniboné →

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

The Drenai SagaSeries

series15 books1984

completed

Epic fantasy, about redemption.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
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Start with Legend →

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