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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 political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar bydarkepic fantasypolitical intriguewarsecondary worldfantasy+2 more

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

    “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 bydarkepic fantasywarsecondary worldmultiple pov+3 more

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

  • Cover of The Circle of the World
    The Circle of the WorldUniverse

    universe · 29 books · 2006

    Grimdark.

    “What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Blade Itself →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasy+4 more

    includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

  • Cover of Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
    Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

    universe · 14 books · 1988

    Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Dragonbone Chair →

    similar byepic fantasysecondary world+4 more

    includes The Last King of Osten Ard, The Dragonbone Chair Prequels

  • Cover of Shattered Sea
    Shattered SeaSeries

    series · 4 books · 2014

    About coming of age.

    “Yarvi, el hijo menor del rey, nació con una malformación en una mano que ha llevado a todo el mundo, incluso a su propio padre, a considerarlo «medio hombre».”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Half a King →

    similar bydarkepic fantasysecondary worldfantasy+4 more

  • Cover of Forgotten Realms
    Forgotten RealmsUniverse

    universe · 526 books · 1987

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Crystal Shard →

    similar bysecondary worldepic fantasyfantasy

    includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, Forgotten Realms: Return of the Archwizards, Forgotten Realms: The Twilight War Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Year of Rogue Dragons, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster, Forgotten Realms: Avatar