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

The Codex AleraSeries

series6 books2004

About war and political intrigue.

“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
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Start with Furies of Calderon →

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy and 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 Cleric Quintet, Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: Pools, Forgotten Realms: Moonshae, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga, Forgotten Realms: The Druidhome Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: The Threat from the Sea

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 Serpentwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Krondor's Sons, The Riftwar Legacy, Riftwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows, Kelewan Empire, Darkwar Saga

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

About quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Diamond Throne →

includes Elenium, The Tamuli

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

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