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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Dark in tone, about war.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar bysecondary worldepic fantasypolitical intriguefantasy+1 more

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Magician →

    similar bysecondary worldepic fantasyfantasy+3 more

    includes Serpentwar Saga, Krondor's Sons, The Riftwar Legacy, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Kelewan Empire, Darkwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, Riftwar Saga

  • Cover of Sword of Truth
    Sword of TruthUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1994

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wizard's First Rule →

    similar bysecondary worldepic fantasyfantasy+5 more

    includes Richard and Kahlan, The Legend of Magda Searus, The Nicci Chronicles

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasyepic fantasy+3 more

    includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Warbreaker, Canticle, Lumar, Cosmere non-canon, Threnody

  • Cover of Sparhawk
    SparhawkUniverse

    universe · 6 books · 1989

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

    “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 →

    similar bysecondary worldepic fantasyfantasyadventurousquests+2 more

    includes Elenium, The Tamuli

  • Cover of Shannara
    ShannaraUniverse

    universe · 50 books · 1977

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Imaginary Friends →

    similar byepic fantasysecondary worldfantasy+3 more

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