Loreful
HomeDiscover
Search series, authors…⌘K
Loreful

Reading orders for SF/F series and shared universes — with your place kept in every one.

Explore

UniversesSeriesWorksAuthorsAtlas

Help

FAQAboutSite map

Account & legal

Sign inCreate accountPrivacyTerms

Data

Built on ISFDB, Wikipedia, Wikidata and Open Library. Curated reading orders carry their reasoning on the page; the rest follow publication order. Data sources & licenses

© Loreful · data: ISFDB · CC BY

More like The Escapement

anchored on:secondary worldfantasy

but
Narrow·
  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic 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 bypolitical intriguesecondary worldfantasy+1 more

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Discworld
    DiscworldUniverse

    universe · 84 books · 1983

    Funny in tone.

    “Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Guards! Guards! →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasy+2 more

    includes Discworld omnibuses, Discworld - Young Sam's books, Discworld Reference, Discworld Plays, Discworld Screenplays

  • Cover of The Ickabog
    The IckabogNovel

    J. K. Rowling · standalone novel · 2020

    Fairy tale retelling, about coming of age.

    “Upon release the book received generally positive critical reviews and emerged a bestseller.”

    from the catalogue

    similar bypolitical intriguewhimsicalsecondary worldfantasy

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasy+2 more

    includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Warbreaker, Elantris, Komashi, Lumar, Cosmere non-canon, Canticle

  • Cover of Magic Kingdom of Landover
    Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

    series · 8 books · 1986

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasy+2 more

  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    Epic fantasy.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Magician →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasy+1 more

    includes Serpentwar Saga, Kelewan Empire, Darkwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Krondor's Sons, The Riftwar Legacy, Conclave of Shadows, Legends of the Riftwar