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World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Fantasy, about political intrigue.
“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
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.
“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gardens of the Moon →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
TiganaNovel
Guy Gavriel Kaystandalone novel1990
Historical fantasy, emotional in tone, about identity and political intrigue.
The City (Gemmell)Series
series2 books2013
Grimdark and fantasy, about political intrigue, set in big city.
“Built up over the millennia, layer upon layer, the City is ancient and vast.”
from the catalogue
Start with The City →
The Poppy WarSeries
series4 books2018
Grimdark and fantasy.
“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Poppy War →
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
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 →
includes The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The Hobbit, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings