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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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, Path to Ascendancy, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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 →

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

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

series11 books1977

About quests.

Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue

Start with Six of Crows →

includes The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows, The Grisha

Essalieyan / Annagar / BreodaniUniverse

universe24 books1995

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“In the god-born city of Averalaan, the Twin Kings hold their thrones by right of divine blood, ten proud Houses scheme behind their banners, and far to the north a Hunter kneels each year to a god who demands a death.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Broken Crown →

includes House War, The Sun Sword, The Burning Crown, Sacred Hunt

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