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

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

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 →

includes The Stormlight Archive, Lumar, Elantris, Mistborn, Warbreaker, Komashi, Cosmere non-canon, First of the Sun

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

series11 books1977

Dark in tone.

Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

series5 books1984

Portal fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Summer Tree →

PaksenarrionUniverse

universe31 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“A sheepfarmer's daughter refuses the marriage her father arranged, walks off the farm with nothing but a good knife, and signs her name to a mercenary company's roll.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sheepfarmer's Daughter →

includes The Deed of Paksenarrion, The Legacy of Gird, Paladin's Legacy, Paksenarrion World Chronicles, Dragon's Paladin

Chronicles of Ynis AielleSeries

series3 books1990

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

Start with Echoes of the Fourth Magic →

More like The Emberfall Trilogy