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World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, 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
Epic fantasy, 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 Dark Star TrilogySeries
series2 books2019
Mythic fantasy.
“Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy opens with Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in which a mercenary tracker is hired to find a missing boy and is drawn into a war between kingdoms across a continent built from African history and mythology.”
from the catalogue
Start with Black Leopard, Red Wolf →
Between Earth and SkySeries
series3 books2020
Epic fantasy, about prophecy.
“The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with Black Sun →
Witches Steeped in GoldSeries
series2 books2021
Dark fantasy, about witches and enemies to lovers.
Start with Witches Steeped in Gold →
The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series
series9 books2010
Epic fantasy.
Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →