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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Dark in tone, 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, Witness Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy

SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Diamond Throne →

includes Elenium, The Tamuli

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Final Empire →

includes The Stormlight Archive, Warbreaker, Mistborn, Elantris, Lumar, Cosmere non-canon, Komashi, First of the Sun

The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

series9 books2010

Fantasy, dark in tone.

Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy.

“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 →

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

The Poppy WarSeries

series4 books2018

Grimdark, dark and tense in tone, about war.

“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Poppy War →

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