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Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries
series11 books1977
Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
Start with Lord Foul's Bane →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
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
The Circle of the WorldUniverse
universe29 books2006
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 →
includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness
StarsideNovel
Alex Asterstandalone novel2026
Adventurous in tone, about magical artifacts.
“Hundreds of years ago, a brutal war split a land in two.”
from the catalogue
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
About war.
“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 →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Witness Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy
DragonlanceUniverse
universe436 books1984
Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.
“The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →
includes Dragonlance: Legends Trilogy, Dragonlance: The Dark Disciple Trilogy, Dragonlance: The War of Souls, Dragonlance: Heroes, Dragonlance: Villains, Dragonlance: Tales II, Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragonlance: The Elven Nations Trilogy