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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

Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
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Start with Elric of Melniboné →

includes Corum, The Elric Saga, Hawkmoon, Eternal Champion, Warrior of Mars, Oswald Bastable

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

series11 books1995

Start with Sabriel →

The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

series3 books1976

completed

Adventurous in tone.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
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Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Fantasy and epic 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, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Legends of Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara

The Drenai SagaSeries

series15 books1984

completed

Adventurous in tone, about redemption and war.

“David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”
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Start with Legend →

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