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  • Cover of Sword of Truth
    Sword of TruthUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1994

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”

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    Start with Wizard's First Rule →

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    includes Richard and Kahlan, The Legend of Magda Searus, The Nicci Chronicles

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

  • 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 Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Elantris, Lumar, First of the Sun, Warbreaker, Threnody

  • Cover of Realm Breaker
    Realm BreakerSeries

    series · 3 books · 2021

    “Victoria Aveyard's trilogy, continuing through Blade Breaker and Fate Breaker, sends Corayne out with a small band of reluctant allies on a race against the warlord's forces.”

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    Start with Realm Breaker →

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  • Cover of Iron Elves
    Iron ElvesSeries

    series · 3 books · 2008

    Dark in tone, about war.

    “Even in this world, Konowa Swift Dragon, former commander of the Empire's elite Iron Elves, is anything but ordinary.”

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    Start with A Darkness Forged in Fire →

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  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    Fantasy and epic 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 →

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    includes Serpentwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, The Riftwar Legacy, Krondor's Sons, The Dragonwar Saga, Darkwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Kelewan Empire