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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Fantasy, 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 byepic fantasysecondary worldpolitical intrigue

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    Fantasy.

    “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 →

    similar bysecondary world+1 more

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

  • Cover of Narnia Universe
    NarniaUniverse

    universe · 38 books · 1950

    Fantasy and portal fantasy.

    “Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

    similar bysecondary world+1 more

    includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

  • Cover of Lord of the Isles
    Lord of the IslesSeries

    series · 10 books · 1997

    completed

    About quests.

    “In 1997, Drake began his largest fantasy series, Lord of the Isles, using elements of Sumerian religion and medieval-era technology.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Lord of the Isles →

    similar byepic fantasyadventuroussecondary world+1 more

  • Cover of The Daevabad Trilogy
    The Daevabad TrilogySeries

    series · 5 books · 2017

    Fantasy.

    “Nahri is a con artist and unlicensed healer working the streets of 18th-century Cairo who accidentally summons Dara, a formidable djinn warrior, during a fake exorcism gone wrong.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The City of Brass →

    similar byepic fantasysecondary worldpolitical intrigue

  • Cover of Zimiamvian Trilogy
    Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

    series · 4 books · 1922

    completed

    Fantasy, about court intrigue.

    “Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Mistress of Mistresses →

    similar byepic fantasysecondary worldpolitical intrigue