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Garrett, P. I.Series
series15 books1987
“The novels are written in a hard-boiled detective fiction style, with elements of traditional mystery and dialogue-based humor.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sweet Silver Blues →
DiscworldUniverse
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Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.
“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue
Start with Guards! Guards! →
includes Discworld omnibuses, Discworld Reference, Discworld - Young Sam's books, Discworld Plays, Discworld Screenplays
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, Canticle, The Stormlight Archive, Warbreaker, Elantris, Komashi, Lumar, Threnody
Myth AdventuresSeries
series33 books1978
Humor.
“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
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Start with Another Fine Myth →
TortallUniverse
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Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.
“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue
Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →
includes Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, The Immortals, Song of the Lioness, Daughter of the Lioness, Protector of the Small, The Numair Chronicles
MaradaineUniverse
universe19 books2015
Fantasy, set in secondary world and big city.
“The tramlines of Maradaine run through everything — past the University spires, down the gaslit alleys of Dentonhill, across the cold marble of Parliament.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Holver Alley Crew →
includes Maradaine Constabulary, Maradaine Elite, The Streets of Maradaine, Maradaine Saga