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universe84 books1983

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
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includes Discworld omnibuses, Discworld Reference, Discworld - Young Sam's books, Discworld Plays, Discworld Screenplays

Dying EarthSeries

series27 books1950

About wizards.

“Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Dying Earth →

Kai LungSeries

series62 books1900

completed

Whimsical in tone, set in east asia.

Start with The Wallet of Kai Lung →

Gentleman Bastard SequenceSeries

series7 books2006

About con artists and heist.

“The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers.”
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Start with The Lies of Locke Lamora →

The Wide-Awake PrincessSeries

series7 books2010

Fairy tale retelling, lighthearted in tone, about quests.

“In this new fairy tale, Princess Annie is the younger sister to Gwen, the princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty.”
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Start with The Wide-Awake Princess →

DerkholmSeries

series2 books1998

completed

Whimsical in tone.

“Year of the Griffin follows one of Derk's griffin children years later, enrolled at a chronically underfunded wizards' university with a band of misfit students.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Dark Lord of Derkholm →

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