Find your next SF/F read by mood

Guy Gavriel Kaystandalone novel1990

Historical fantasy, emotional in tone, about identity.

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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Start with Magician →

includes Kelewan Empire, Serpentwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, Legends of the Riftwar, Darkwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, Demonwar Saga, The Dragonwar Saga

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Warbreaker, Threnody, Lumar, Cosmere non-canon, Canticle

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

“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

The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

Tense in tone, about war.

“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
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Start with Promise of Blood →

includes Gods of Blood and Powder, The Powder Mage Trilogy

An Ember in the AshesSeries

series4 books2015

Tense in tone.

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
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Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

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