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Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
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Start with The Gunslinger →

includes The Dark Tower

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes The Genesis of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, Word and the Void, Legends of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara

Shade's Children milieuSeries

series2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic, about coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

The Testing TrilogySeries

series4 books2013

About political intrigue.

“Joelle Charbonneau's Testing trilogy is set generations after a war has wrecked the world's governments and resources, when a rebuilt society selects its most promising graduates for the Testing, a competition meant to find future leaders.”
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Start with The Testing →

The Change / The EventSeries

series41 books1998

Post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, set in north america.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
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Start with Island in the Sea of Time →

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