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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, 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

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Dark in tone.

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

The Demon CycleUniverse

universe18 books2008

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
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Start with The Painted Man →

includes Demon Cycle, The Nightfall Saga

The White Mists of PowerNovel

Kristine Kathryn Ruschstandalone novel1991

About quests and political intrigue.

“Synopsis -An innocent excited boy, a prince and heir, takes his first journey to the city.”
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The Prison HealerSeries

series3 books2021

About revenge.

“Lynette Noni's YA trilogy follows Kiva Meridan, a teenage healer imprisoned in the brutal death camp of Zalindov, who is forced to stand trial by combat in another prisoner's place when a mysterious rebel movement upends the prison's order.”
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Start with The Prison Healer →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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 Heritage of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, The Genesis of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel

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