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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy.

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

Start with Six of Crows →

includes The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha, Six of Crows

The Kingdoms of Thorn and BoneSeries

series4 books2003

Fantasy.

“In doing so, she freed the race of humans - once taken from their distant homes and forced to wear the bitter yoke of slavery.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Briar King →

Dragon Age (Bioware RPG tie-in)Series

series21 books2009

Fantasy.

“The Stolen Throne and The Calling serve as prequels filling in the backstory of characters central to the first game, while later books such as Asunder and The Masked Empire tie more directly into the plots and politics of the sequels.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Stolen Throne →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

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, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy

The Secret TextsSeries

series4 books1998

completed

Fantasy.

“Holly Lisle was an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, paranormal romance and romantic suspense novels.”
from the catalogue

Start with Diplomacy of Wolves →

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