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  • 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 Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings

  • Cover of Moorcock's Multiverse
    Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

    universe · 102 books · 1961

    Set in secondary world.

    “The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Elric of Melniboné →

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    includes Corum, The Elric Saga, Hawkmoon, Eternal Champion, Warrior of Mars, Oswald Bastable

  • Cover of The Drenai Saga
    The Drenai SagaSeries

    series · 15 books · 1984

    completed

    Epic fantasy, about redemption and war.

    “David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Legend →

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  • Cover of Birthgrave
    BirthgraveSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    completed

    About revenge and identity.

    “The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Birthgrave →

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

    universe · 29 books · 2006

    Grimdark.

    “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.”

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    Start with The Blade Itself →

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    includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

  • Cover of Forgotten Realms
    Forgotten RealmsUniverse

    universe · 526 books · 1987

    Epic fantasy.

    “Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Crystal Shard →

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    includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Forgotten Realms: Avatar, Forgotten Realms: The Year of Rogue Dragons, Forgotten Realms: The Knights of Myth Drannor, Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate, Forgotten Realms: The Sundering, Blades of the Moonsea