The Canon: 674 Universes (2026 Edition)
Showing the first 50 of 674 universes in the canon, alphabetical by name -- sort or page through the complete list below to see the rest. Each universe has a full research dossier (bibliography, canon, chronology, reading order, reception, influence, worldbuilding, sources) as its research deepens.
| Genre | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A Chorus of Dragons | Jenn Lyons | Epic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas | Romantasy · Adult | Ongoing |
| A Dowry of Blood | S. T. Gibson | Dark fantasy · Historical fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| A Fine and Private Place | Peter S. Beagle | Mythic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| A Land Fit for Heroes | Richard K. Morgan | Grimdark · Adult | Complete |
| A Monster Calls | Patrick Ness | Mythic fantasy · YA | Complete |
| A Night in the Lonesome October | Roger Zelazny | Dark fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| A Scattering of Jades | Alexander C. Irvine | Historical fantasy · Dark fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| A Snake Falls to Earth | Darcie Little Badger | Mythic fantasy · Portal fantasy · YA | Complete |
| A Song for Arbonne | Guy Gavriel Kay | Historical fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| A Song of Ice and Fire | George R.R. Martin | Epic fantasy · Grimdark · Adult | Ongoing |
| A Song of Wraiths and Ruin | Roseanne A. Brown | Mythic fantasy · YA | Complete |
| A Sorceress Comes to Call | T. Kingfisher | Fairy-tale retelling · Dark fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| A Stranger in Olondria | Sofia Samatar | Mythic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| A Study in Drowning | Ava Reid | Dark fantasy · Fairy-tale retelling · YA | Complete |
| A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping | Sangu Mandanna | Cozy fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking | T. Kingfisher | Comic fantasy · YA | Complete |
| A Última Vida de Sir David | Pedro Galvão | Epic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Acacia | David Anthony Durham | Epic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Aeons' Gate | Sam Sykes | Sword & sorcery · Dark fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Age of Misrule | Mark Chadbourn | Urban fantasy · Mythic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Age of the Five | Trudi Canavan | Epic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians | Brandon Sanderson | Comic fantasy · Middle grade | Complete |
| Alchemical Journeys | Seanan McGuire | Urban fantasy · Adult | Ongoing |
| Alex Verus | Benedict Jacka | Urban fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | Portal fantasy · All ages | Complete |
| Alif the Unseen | G. Willow Wilson | Urban fantasy · Mythic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| All Souls Universe | Deborah Harkness | Historical fantasy · Urban fantasy · Adult | Ongoing |
| All the Birds in the Sky | Charlie Jane Anders | Urban fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Alpha and Omega | Patricia Briggs | Urban fantasy · Adult | Ongoing |
| Amari and the Night Brothers | B.B. Alston | Urban fantasy · Middle grade | Complete |
| American Gods | Neil Gaiman | Mythic fantasy · Urban fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Among Others | Jo Walton | Urban fantasy · Mythic fantasy · YA | Complete |
| An Ember in the Ashes | Sabaa Tahir | Epic fantasy · YA | Ongoing |
| An Enchantment of Ravens | Margaret Rogerson | Fairy-tale retelling · YA | Complete |
| Anansi Boys | Neil Gaiman | Mythic fantasy · Urban fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter | Laurell K. Hamilton | Urban fantasy · Dark fantasy · Adult | Ongoing |
| Annals of the Western Shore | Ursula K. Le Guin | Epic fantasy · YA | Complete |
| Archer's Goon | Diana Wynne Jones | Urban fantasy · Middle grade | Complete |
| Arkadien | Kai Meyer | Urban fantasy · YA | Complete |
| Armed in Her Fashion | Kate Heartfield | Historical fantasy · Dark fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Artemis Fowl | Eoin Colfer | Comic fantasy · Middle grade | Complete |
| Ash and Sand | Richard Nell | Grimdark · Epic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Ash Princess | Laura Sebastian | Epic fantasy · Romantasy · YA | Complete |
| Asunder | Kerstin Hall | Dark fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| At the Back of the North Wind | George MacDonald | Fairy-tale retelling · Mythic fantasy · Middle grade | Complete |
| Audition for the Fox | Martin Cahill | Mythic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Avaryan Rising | Judith Tarr | Epic fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Babel, or the Necessity of Violence | R.F. Kuang | Historical fantasy · Dark fantasy · Adult | Complete |
| Baltaragis's Mill | Kazys Boruta | Mythic fantasy · Adult | Complete |