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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “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 →

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    includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings

  • Cover of The Dreamers
    The DreamersSeries

    series · 5 books · 2003

    completed

    About gods and dark lord.

    “The Elder Gods are not permitted to use their powers to kill, but the young Dreamers can use their dreams to predict and affect the future.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Elder Gods →

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  • Cover of Chronicles of the Cheysuli
    Chronicles of the CheysuliSeries

    series · 10 books · 1984

    About shapeshifters.

    “Jennifer Roberson's Chronicles of the Cheysuli opens a generation later with Alix, daughter of that forbidden union, as she comes to terms with the shapechanging magic in her own blood and an ancient prophecy she can't escape.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Shapechangers →

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  • Cover of The Licanius Trilogy
    The Licanius TrilogySeries

    series · 3 books · 2014

    About political intrigue.

    “The three books trace how the old war's cover-up starts to unravel.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Shadow of What Was Lost →

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  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

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

  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “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 →

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