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EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Fantasy and epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.
“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
Zimiamvian TrilogySeries
series4 books1922
completed
About court intrigue.
“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mistress of Mistresses →
The Saga of RecluceSeries
series48 books1991
Epic fantasy and fantasy, about political intrigue and wizards, set in secondary world.
“While exiled to Candar, Lerris meets his uncle Justen, and comes to understand his father's ulterior motives for sending him off.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Magic of Recluce →
The Imager PortfolioSeries
series12 books2009
Fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue, set in secondary world.
“Tantor Audio employed William Dufris to narrate the series.”
from the catalogue
Start with Imager →
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 History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Dark in tone.
“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