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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.”
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Start with Gardens of the Moon →

includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

The Acacia TrilogySeries

series3 books2007

Fantasy, about political intrigue.

“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
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Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →

The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

Fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
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Start with Promise of Blood →

includes Gods of Blood and Powder, The Powder Mage Trilogy

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

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

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