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universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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 RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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 Riftwar Saga, Serpentwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar, Darkwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Demonwar Saga, The Firemane Saga, Kelewan Empire

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes The Fall of Shannara, The Genesis of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Legends of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

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

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

About quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Diamond Throne →

includes Elenium, The Tamuli

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
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Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

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