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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 Demon CycleUniverse

universe18 books2008

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
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Start with The Painted Man →

includes Demon Cycle, The Nightfall Saga

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

CoronaUniverse

universe19 books1997

Fantasy.

“Beneath the sacred gemstones of the Abellican Church — a ruby to loose fire, malachite to lift a body into the air, the soul-stone to slip free of it — a ranger raised by elves and the woman he loves stand against a waking demon.”
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Start with The Demon Awakens →

includes Demon Wars, Second Demon Wars Saga, Demon Wars Prequels / Saga of the First King, The Coven (R. A. Salvatore), The Buccaneers

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 Demonwar Saga, Serpentwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar, Darkwar Saga, The Dragonwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, Kelewan Empire

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

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

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