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New CrobuzonSeries
series4 books2000
Dark in tone.
“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
from the catalogue
Start with Perdido Street Station →
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.
“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gardens of the Moon →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Witness Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy
GormenghastSeries
series6 books1946
completed
Gothic, dark in tone.
“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue
Start with Titus Groan →
Lud-in-the-MistNovel
Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926
About fae and art and artists.
Ombria in ShadowNovel
Patricia A. McKillipstandalone novel2002
Set in big city.
EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →
includes Earthsea Cycle