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universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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Start with Magician →

includes Demonwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, Serpentwar Saga, Darkwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Conclave of Shadows, Krondor's Sons, Legends of the Riftwar

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

CoronaUniverse

universe19 books1997

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Beneath the sacred gemstones of the Abellican Church — a ruby to loose fire, malachite to lift a body into the air, the soul-stone to slip free of it — a ranger raised by elves and the woman he loves stand against a waking demon.”
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Start with The Demon Awakens →

includes Demon Wars, Second Demon Wars Saga, Demon Wars Prequels / Saga of the First King, The Coven (R. A. Salvatore), The Buccaneers

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

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

“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, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
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Start with The Final Empire →

includes The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Lumar, Elantris, Warbreaker, Cosmere non-canon, Canticle, First of the Sun

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