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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

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Reflective in tone.

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

Kyralia seriesUniverse

universe8 books2001

About political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Magicians' Guild →

includes The Traitor Spy Trilogy, The Black Magician Trilogy

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

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

“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

The Fire's StoneNovel

Tanya Huffstandalone novel1990

About magical artifacts.

“Aaron - Clan Heir, he had fled his people when his beloved was slain by his own father's command, abandoning his training, duty, and beliefs to become a thief.”
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