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  • Cover of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
    Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

    series · 11 books · 1977

    Epic fantasy, about quests.

    Start with Lord Foul's Bane →

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  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy.

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

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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar byfantasysecondary worldwardark+2 more

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • 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 →

    similar byfantasysecondary world

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

  • Cover of Tigana
    TiganaNovel

    Guy Gavriel Kay · standalone novel · 1990

    Epic fantasy and historical fantasy, about rebellion and revolution and identity.

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  • Cover of The Second Apocalypse
    The Second ApocalypseSeries

    series · 11 books · 2003

    Epic fantasy, about faith and religion and political intrigue.

    Start with The Darkness That Comes Before →

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