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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in secondary world.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar bydarkfantasysecondary worldpolitical intriguewarepic fantasy

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Grishaverse
    GrishaverseUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2012

    “Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Six of Crows →

    similar byfantasysecondary world+5 more

    includes The Grisha, The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows

  • Cover of A Court of Thorns and Roses
    A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

    series · 6 books · 2015

    Romantasy, emotional in tone, about fae.

    “There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

    similar byfantasysecondary world+4 more

  • 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 →

    similar bydarksecondary worldwarepic fantasy+2 more

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

  • Cover of Sword of Truth
    Sword of TruthUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1994

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wizard's First Rule →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasyepic fantasy+4 more

    includes The Nicci Chronicles, Richard and Kahlan, The Legend of Magda Searus

  • Cover of Forgotten Realms
    Forgotten RealmsUniverse

    universe · 526 books · 1987

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Crystal Shard →

    similar bysecondary worldfantasyepic fantasy+1 more

    includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: Brotherhood of the Griffon, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster, Forgotten Realms: The Year of Rogue Dragons, Forgotten Realms: The Threat from the Sea, Forgotten Realms: The Cormyr Saga