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SpiderlightNovel
Adrian Tchaikovskystandalone novel2016
Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous and dark in tone, about prophecy and dark lord, set in secondary world.
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
Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries
series11 books1977
Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
Start with Lord Foul's Bane →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
About political intrigue and 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
ShannaraUniverse
universe50 books1977
Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue
Start with Imaginary Friends →
includes A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, Heritage of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, The Fall of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Legends of Shannara, Paladins of Shannara
The Warrior Who Carried LifeNovel
Geoff Rymanstandalone novel1985
About revenge.
“Barbaric invaders had slaughtered her mother, crippled her father and brother, and left her scarred and barren.”
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