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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    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 →

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

  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    About political intrigue.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of The Broken Empire
    The Broken EmpireUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 2011

    Grimdark.

    “What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Prince of Fools →

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    includes The Red Queen's War

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    “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 →

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

  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    Fantasy and epic 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Magician →

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    includes Serpentwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, Darkwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar, Demonwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], The Dragonwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows

  • Cover of Dragonlance
    DragonlanceUniverse

    universe · 436 books · 1984

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “The gods have kept their silence over Krynn for three hundred years, and the world has learned to make do without them: the dragons are a nursery tale, the old clerics gone, faith worn down to superstition.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dragons of Autumn Twilight →

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    includes Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragonlance: The War of Souls, Dragonlance: The Dark Disciple Trilogy, Dragonlance: Heroes, Dragonlance: Chaos War, Dragonlance: The Elven Nations Trilogy, Dragonlance: The Minotaur Wars, Dragonlance: Legends Trilogy