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24 alternatives to The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1)

Heroic fantasy by Patrick Rothfuss

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Name of the Wind▲55
The first in a fantasy trilogy with physics-based magic.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Name of the Wind▲3
Masterpiece that transports us into Kvothe, a wizard
2015 · patrickrothfuss.com · its alternatives →
3
The Wise Man's Fear▲64
The second book of The Kingkiller Chronicle
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
4
City of Thieves▲66
A novel about war, courage and survival
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
City on Fire: A novel ▲79
Head-snapping ambition and heart-stopping power
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
The Count of Monte Cristo▲69
"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang"
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West ▲67
An epic of the violence and depravity of Manifest Destiny
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
The Wheel Of Time (series)▲65
Mazing epic fantasy series by Robert Jordan
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
Seveneves▲76
Neal Stephenson's latest novel about the end of the world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Lord of the Flies▲63
Some call it the "Hunger Games before Hunger Games"
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Abomination▲59
"Game of Thrones by way of H.P. Lovecraft"
2015 · inkshares.com · its alternatives →
12
Ender's Game▲93
The enemy's gate is down
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
The Alchemist ▲90
Life changing read about finding your own personal legend
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Ysabel▲56
A fantasy adventure with deeply human characters
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Metamorphosis▲63
One of the seminal works of fiction by Franz Kafka
2016 · amazon.in · its alternatives →
16
The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars)▲66
Thrilling philosophical clock punk
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
The Last Wish: Introducing The Witcher▲61
The first book of the Witcher series
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry▲74
From a fairy tale to the serious philosophical questions
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
The Goldfinch▲86
Recent Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
The Tales of Beedle the Bard▲11
J. K. Rowling
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding▲56
Essays on the creation of worlds, from geology to politics
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
Wings of Fire▲55
The Autobiography of Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
The Hero with a Thousand Faces▲88
Understanding the universal hero journey across mythologies
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York▲62
Amazing detail on the level of impact one man had on NYC.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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