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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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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
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    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Dark in tone, about war.

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

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    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    series · 6 books · 1988

    Tense in tone.

    “The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”

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    Start with Dragon Prince →

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    Historical fantasy, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution and identity.

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    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.”

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    Start with Magician →

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    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

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    Start with The Final Empire →

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