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World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
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
Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries
series11 books1977
About quests.
Start with Lord Foul's Bane →
Sword of TruthUniverse
universe27 books1994
Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue
Start with Wizard's First Rule →
includes The Legend of Magda Searus, Richard and Kahlan, The Nicci Chronicles
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
About war.
“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 →
includes Night of Knives, Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows, The Grisha
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings