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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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
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Start with The Crystal Shard →

includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Stone of Tymora, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: Moonshae, Forgotten Realms: The Sundering, Forgotten Realms: The Harpers, Forgotten Realms: Pools

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone, about wizards.

“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.”
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Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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 Heritage of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Genesis of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara

Zimiamvian TrilogySeries

series4 books1922

completed

About political intrigue and court intrigue.

“Dissolution of the realm seems certain as alliances are formed and begin to intrigue against each other.”
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Start with Mistress of Mistresses →

Guardians of Ga'hooleSeries

series17 books2003

About war and coming of age.

“Apart from the main series, there are a few more books and spin-offs set in the same universe.”
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Start with The Capture →

More like The Quest Begins