Patrick Rothfuss · novel-series
The Kingkiller Chronicle books in order
An unfinished epic-fantasy sequence centered on Kvothe, currently comprising two novels and companion novellas.
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- 1 The Name of the Wind
Book 1 · novel · 2007
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…
- 2 The Wise Man's Fear
Book 2 · novel · 2011
My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger…
- 3 The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Book 2.5 · novella · 2014 Optional
Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this…
- 4 The Narrow Road Between Desires
Book 2.6 · novella · 2023 Optional
Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-out of breathing; to watch him trade is to watch an artist at work. But even a master's brush can slip. When he accepts a gift, taking…
