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  • Cover of Gormenghast
    GormenghastSeries

    series · 6 books · 1946

    completed

    Gothic.

    “Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Titus Groan →

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  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

    “There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
    The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

    series · 11 books · 1995

    Start with Sabriel →

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  • Cover of New Crobuzon
    New CrobuzonSeries

    series · 4 books · 2000

    Weird fiction, challenging in tone.

    “The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Perdido Street Station →

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  • Cover of Tigana
    TiganaNovel

    Guy Gavriel Kay · standalone novel · 1990

    Epic fantasy and historical fantasy, about rebellion and revolution and political intrigue.

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  • Cover of Kushiel's Legacy Universe
    Kushiel's Legacy UniverseSeries

    series · 13 books · 2001

    Emotional in tone, about political intrigue.

    “Since the series features a fictional version of medieval Western Europe, it can be considered historical fantasy or alternate history.”

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    Start with Kushiel's Dart →

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