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CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Epic fantasy.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Final Empire →
includes Warbreaker, Mistborn, Elantris, The Stormlight Archive, Canticle, Komashi, Lumar, Cosmere non-canon
Shadow of the LeviathanSeries
series3 books2024
About murder investigation.
“Set in an empire built along the shores of colossal sea monsters, it follows an unconventional investigator and her sharp-eyed assistant solving crimes that expose the empire's engineered biology and its rot from within.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Tainted Cup →
Queen's ThiefSeries
series41 books1996
“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Thief →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
Blood Over Bright HavenNovel
M. L. Wangstandalone novel2023
Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about class conflict, set in big city.
“Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling.”
from the catalogue
The Blue StarNovel
Fletcher Prattstandalone novel1952
About witches.