Find your next SF/F read by mood

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.”
from the catalogue

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Dragonbone Chair →

includes The Dragonbone Chair Prequels, The Last King of Osten Ard

The Traitor Son CycleSeries

series5 books2012

Dark and tense in tone, about war and political intrigue.

“Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Red Knight →

IskariSeries

series3 books2017

Emotional in tone.

“In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter wherever he went.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Last Namsara →

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