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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

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

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    series · 11 books · 1995

    Start with Sabriel →

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  • Cover of Moorcock's Multiverse
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    universe · 102 books · 1961

    Set in secondary world.

    “The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”

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    Start with Elric of Melniboné →

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    series · 15 books · 1984

    completed

    Epic fantasy, about redemption and war.

    “David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”

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    Start with Legend →

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    series · 6 books · 2000

    About coming of age.

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    Glen Cook · standalone novel · 1982

    Sword and sorcery.

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