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series3 books1976

completed

Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

series5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone, 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 →

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Magicians' Guild →

includes The Black Magician Trilogy, The Traitor Spy Trilogy

Mordant's NeedSeries

series2 books1986

Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue.

Start with The Mirror of Her Dreams →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

includes Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Komashi, Lumar, First of the Sun

The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

series8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Name of the Wind →

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