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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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

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.”
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Start with Magician →

includes Riftwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Darkwar Saga, The Firemane Saga, Demonwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, Serpentwar Saga, The Riftwar Legacy

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Fantasy.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
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Start with Wizard's First Rule →

includes The Nicci Chronicles, Richard and Kahlan, The Legend of Magda Searus

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

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

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes High Druid of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Legends of Shannara, The First Druids of Shannara

Bronze CanticlesSeries

series3 books2004

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Laura and Tracy Hickman's Bronze Canticles trilogy follows Bronwyn, a young woman who discovers she's half-dragon, coming into an inheritance of both draconic and human power amid a war between the two peoples.”
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Start with Mystic Warrior →

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