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series15 books1987

Fantasy and mystery & detective, funny in tone, about murder investigation, set in secondary world and big city.

“The novels are written in a hard-boiled detective fiction style, with elements of traditional mystery and dialogue-based humor.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sweet Silver Blues →

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue

Start with Guards! Guards! →

includes Discworld omnibuses, Discworld - Young Sam's books, Discworld Reference, Discworld Plays, Discworld Screenplays

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

About coming of age.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue

Start with Alanna: The First Adventure →

includes Beka Cooper / Provost's Dog, The Immortals, Song of the Lioness, Protector of the Small, Daughter of the Lioness, The Numair Chronicles

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

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

Start with The Final Empire →

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

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

Eddie LaCrosseSeries

series7 books2007

Fantasy and mystery & detective, set in secondary world.

Start with The Sword-Edged Blonde →

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