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  • Cover of Gentleman Bastard Sequence
    Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries

    series · 7 books · 2006

    About con artists.

    “The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →

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  • Cover of Grishaverse
    GrishaverseUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2012

    “Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Six of Crows →

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    includes Six of Crows, The Grisha, The Nikolai Duology

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

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    includes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Elantris, Lumar, Warbreaker, First of the Sun, Cosmere non-canon

  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    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

  • Cover of The Founders
    The FoundersSeries

    series · 3 books · 2018

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    Start with Foundryside →

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  • Cover of Blood and Tea
    Blood and TeaSeries

    series · 2 books · 2024

    About vampires and found family.

    “Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest of Tea introduces Arthie Casimir, a criminal mastermind whose renowned tearoom in the city of White Roaring doubles after dark as an illegal bloodhouse serving the vampires society fears.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Tempest of Tea →

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