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Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926
Eerie in tone, about fae and art and artists.
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Epic fantasy.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Final Empire →
includes Warbreaker, Mistborn, Elantris, Komashi, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Lumar, First of the Sun
Queen's ThiefSeries
series41 books1996
“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Thief →
Mordant's NeedSeries
series2 books1986
Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone.
Start with The Mirror of Her Dreams →
Shadow of the LeviathanSeries
series3 books2024
Mystery & detective, about murder investigation.
“Set in an empire built along the shores of colossal sea monsters, it follows an unconventional investigator and her sharp-eyed assistant solving crimes that expose the empire's engineered biology and its rot from within.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Tainted Cup →
CaravalSeries
series4 books2017
“The books form one continuing story rather than standalone volumes.”
from the catalogue
Start with Caraval →