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  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

    “There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of Folktales
    FolktalesSeries

    series · 3 books · 1978

    Fairy tale retelling.

    “Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Beauty →

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  • Cover of Birthgrave
    BirthgraveSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    completed

    Dark in tone, about revenge.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Birthgrave →

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  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Epic fantasy.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

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    includes Komashi, Warbreaker, Canticle, Elantris, The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Threnody, Lumar

  • 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: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Finder's Stone Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: The Harpers, Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Forgotten Realms: Pools, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster, Forgotten Realms: The Threat from the Sea

  • Cover of Tigana
    TiganaNovel

    Guy Gavriel Kay · standalone novel · 1990

    Epic fantasy and historical fantasy, about rebellion and revolution and political intrigue.

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