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

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

series11 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

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.”
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Start with Magician →

includes Riftwar Saga, Serpentwar Saga, Demonwar Saga, Darkwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Krondor's Sons, Legends of the Riftwar

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

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

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