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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy.
“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 Fall of Gondolin, The Hobbit, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings
Sundering (Jacqueline Carey)Series
series2 books2004
Fantasy, dark in tone, about war and dark lord.
“The books portray a conflict between light and dark, with many of the common conventions of fantasy fiction.”
from the catalogue
Start with Banewreaker →
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Dark in tone, about war.
“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, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy
Wizard Crystal / Wizard of the GroveSeries
series2 books1988
Epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.
Start with Child of the Grove →
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Fantasy, reflective in tone.
“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →
includes Earthsea Cycle
SparhawkUniverse
universe6 books1989
Fantasy, adventurous in tone.
“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Diamond Throne →
includes Elenium, The Tamuli