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The Tainted Blood DuologySeries
series2 books2023
Adventurous in tone.
Start with Forged by Blood →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Dark in tone, about war.
“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
An Ember in the AshesSeries
series4 books2015
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with An Ember in the Ashes →
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows, The Grisha
The RiftwarUniverse
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Magician →
includes Kelewan Empire, The Riftwar Legacy, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Serpentwar Saga, Krondor's Sons, Legends of the Riftwar, Darkwar Saga, Riftwar Saga
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
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 →
includes Warbreaker, Mistborn, Elantris, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Lumar, Komashi, Cosmere non-canon