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NavolaNovel
Paolo Bacigalupistandalone novel2024
Tense in tone, about family secrets and class conflict.
“For generations, the di Regulai family-merchant bankers with a vast empire-has nurtured tendrils that stretch to the farthest reaches of the known world.”
from the catalogue
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 The Kharkanas Trilogy, Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
Gloriana, or, the Unfulfill'd QueenNovel
Michael Moorcockstandalone novel1978
Literary & general, about identity and court intrigue, set in british isles.
“Gloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen is a work of literary fantasy by British novelist Michael Moorcock.”
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New CrobuzonSeries
series4 books2000
Weird fiction.
“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 →
TiganaNovel
Guy Gavriel Kaystandalone novel1990
Epic fantasy, emotional in tone, about identity.
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