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

  • Cover of Narnia Universe
    NarniaUniverse

    universe · 38 books · 1950

    Portal fantasy.

    “Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

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    includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

  • Cover of Sparhawk
    SparhawkUniverse

    universe · 6 books · 1989

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

    “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 →

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    includes The Tamuli, Elenium

  • Cover of Lord of the Isles
    Lord of the IslesSeries

    series · 10 books · 1997

    completed

    Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

    “In 1997, Drake began his largest fantasy series, Lord of the Isles, using elements of Sumerian religion and medieval-era technology.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Lord of the Isles →

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  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

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

  • Cover of Riyria
    RiyriaUniverse

    universe · 14 books · 2008

    About friendship.

    “Royce Melborn can pick any lock and end any life without troubling his pulse; Hadrian Blackwater is the finest blade in the kingdom and would rather sheathe it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Crown Conspiracy →

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    includes Riyria Revelations, The Riyria Chronicles