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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

“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

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 Chronicles, Dragonlance: The Lost Chronicles Trilogy, Dragonlance: Heroes, Dragonlance: Tales II, Dragonlance: The Age of Mortals, Dragonlance: The War of Souls, Dragonlance: The New Adventures, Dragonlance: The Dark Disciple Trilogy

Spearwielder's TalesSeries

series3 books1993

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world.

“The Woods Out Back, The Dragon's Dagger, and Dragonslayer's Return follow Gary as he's pulled back into that world again and again, growing into the role thrust on him.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Woods Out Back →

Alban SagaSeries

series4 books1983

completed

Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“The Alban Saga is Peter Morwood's Horse Lords trilogy, the fantasy series he is best known for alongside his separate Tales of Old Russia books.”
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Start with The Horse Lord →

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