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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, Witness Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy
NevernightSeries
series3 books2016
About revenge and assassins.
“Set in the Republic of Itreya, it follows fledgling assassin Mia Corvere seeking revenge for her family.”
from the catalogue
Start with Nevernight →
Forgotten RealmsUniverse
universe526 books1987
Epic fantasy.
“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 →
includes Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, Forgotten Realms: Avatar, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Abolethic Sovereignty, Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster, Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet
Fallen Gods / GodkillerSeries
series3 books2023
Epic fantasy, about war.
“Hannah Kaner's Godkiller follows Kissen, who lost her family to zealots of a fire god and now kills gods for a living, until she meets Skedi, a small god of white lies bound against his will to a young noble and hunted by assassins.”
from the catalogue
Start with Godkiller →
ColdfireSeries
series5 books1991
Science fantasy and dark fantasy, dark and tense in tone, set in secondary world.
“C. S. Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy is set on the human colony world of Erna, where settlers survive alongside the fae, a reality-warping force that gives physical shape to belief and fear.”
from the catalogue
Start with Black Sun Rising →
The ScholomanceSeries
series3 books2020
About survival and wizards.
Start with A Deadly Education →