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  • Cover of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
    Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

    series · 11 books · 1977

    Fantasy, about quests.

    Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Fantasy.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Sword of Truth
    Sword of TruthUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1994

    Fantasy.

    “Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wizard's First Rule →

    similar byepic fantasysecondary world+5 more

    includes Richard and Kahlan, The Legend of Magda Searus, The Nicci Chronicles

  • Cover of The Circle of the World
    The Circle of the WorldUniverse

    universe · 29 books · 2006

    Grimdark and fantasy.

    “What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Blade Itself →

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    includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

  • Cover of Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
    Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

    universe · 14 books · 1988

    Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Dragonbone Chair →

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    includes The Last King of Osten Ard, The Dragonbone Chair Prequels

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

    “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 →

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    includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy