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World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
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
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
About war.
“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gardens of the Moon →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
The Circle of the WorldUniverse
universe29 books2006
Grimdark.
“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Blade Itself →
includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness
The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series
series9 books2010
About gods.
Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →
Innis LearSeries
series2 books2018
About war.
“The king's hold on the crown must end--willingly or at the edge of my sword.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Queens of Innis Lear →
An Ember in the AshesSeries
series4 books2015
Tense in tone.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with An Ember in the Ashes →