The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

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Recommended by Chris Albon, Aubrey Marcus, Matt Schlicht, and 3 others. See all reviews

Ranked #1 in Mage, Ranked #1 in Adult Fantasy — see more rankings.

Told in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen.

The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.

A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece... more
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Chris Albon @WaltHickey I don’t really read fiction and randomly found that book, amazing. (Source)

Aubrey Marcus Recommends this book

Matt Schlicht @teej_m Read it. Love it. So amazing. Waiting for the last book and fear it may never come. (Source)

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