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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

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

The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

series9 books2010

Dark in tone, about gods.

Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

The Daevabad TrilogySeries

series5 books2017

Epic fantasy and fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Nahri is a con artist and unlicensed healer working the streets of 18th-century Cairo who accidentally summons Dara, a formidable djinn warrior, during a fake exorcism gone wrong.”
from the catalogue

Start with The City of Brass →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

includes The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Warbreaker, Elantris, Lumar, Komashi, Cosmere non-canon, Canticle

TiganaNovel

Guy Gavriel Kaystandalone novel1990

Historical fantasy, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution and identity.

More like The Virgin Queen