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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

An Ember in the AshesSeries

series4 books2015

Epic fantasy.

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
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Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

The Bridge KingdomSeries

series7 books2018

Fantasy, emotional and tense in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy.”
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Start with The Bridge Kingdom →

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.”
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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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Start with Gardens of the Moon →

includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy

Letters of EnchantmentSeries

series3 books2023

Fantasy and romantasy, emotional in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“Eighteen-year-old Iris dreams that one day her writing will make a difference.”
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Start with Divine Rivals →

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