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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Fantasy and epic fantasy.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

    similar bysecondary world+3 more

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

  • Cover of Alliance-Union Universe
    Alliance-UnionUniverse

    universe · 173 books · 1976

    Science fiction, set in far future.

    “Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Heavy Time →

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    includes Company Wars, Chanur, The Hinder Stars, Morgaine, Unionside, Mri Wars, Era of Rapprochement, Hanan Rebellion

  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    Epic fantasy and 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 →

    similar bysecondary world+3 more

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

  • Cover of Deryni
    DeryniUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1970

    Historical fantasy and fantasy, set in medieval.

    “In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Deryni Rising →

    similar bypolitical intriguetensesecondary world

    includes Chronicles of the Deryni, The Histories of King Kelson, Legends of Saint Camber, The Childe Morgan, The Heirs of Saint Camber

  • Cover of Grishaverse
    GrishaverseUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2012

    Fantasy.

    “Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Six of Crows →

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    includes The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha, Six of Crows