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39 Reddit comments about The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 1):

u/SteveBruleMD · 32 pointsr/skyrim

I'm reading this book for the second time right now. It's amazing. Don't think. Just buy it right now! The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

u/MedeaDemonblood · 20 pointsr/books
  1. The Name of the Wind- Patrick Rothfuss
  2. 9.5/10
  3. High Fantasy, Literature
  4. Beautifully written and gripping. A true adventure story full of mirth and woe.
  5. Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.
u/lynchyinc · 18 pointsr/Fantasy

My personal favourites are;

u/zebra08 · 14 pointsr/gameofthrones

Upvote for having the same problem as me!! I recently started on "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. I believe it has two books so far; I usually look for series since I get so wrapped up in the stories. So far, I'm completely entertained and enthralled with the story.

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u/crayonleague · 13 pointsr/Fantasy

Steven Erikson - Malazan Book of the Fallen

Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn

Brandon Sanderson - The Stormlight Archive

Peter Brett - The Demon Cycle

R. Scott Bakker - The Second Apocalypse

Joe Abercrombie - The First Law

Scott Lynch - The Gentleman Bastard

Patrick Rothfuss - The Kingkiller Chronicle

All excellent. Some slightly more excellent than others.

u/mitchbones · 10 pointsr/booksuggestions

Most of the time I am "in the mood" for a certain genre or type of book. I will recommend some of my favorites that are easy to read and enjoyable. With a super short summary to see if it sparks your interest.

Fantasy:

  • Name of the Wind : Great fantasy novel which follows a single character, Kvothe, who is an old innkeeper with a mysterious and illustrious past telling the story of how he became a legend. It is very well written and highly entertaining, the book is all about Kvothe as a teenager just trying to survive and becoming an arcanist. Highly recommended.

  • Mistborn Trilogy : I've only read the first one. A dystopian world where ash falls from the sky every day with a centuries old tyrannical ruler. The story follows a young girl who is just trying to survive on the streets any way she can but gets caught up with revolutionists. Very enjoyable, and a unique magic system.

    Scifi:

  • Ender's Game: This an Dune are always recommended for anyone looking to get into scifi...as well as Foundation series (which I haven't read :/). Earth has been attacked by an alien species of bugs...twice. We barely survived last time, so in order for us to prepare if it happens again Earth has started training military geniuses. Ender is one of the children chosen for training, and he is the best of the best. The story focuses on him and his story about rising through the ranks to try and save earth.

  • Dune: If you want to experience a sand world with giant worms, extreme political tension, plot twists, feints within feints. I could say more, but simply saying that it is in my Top 3 favorite books says enough.

  • Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy: Probably one of the funniest books I've ever read. It is highly regarded among this community and geeks as a whole. Do not judge it by the movie, this is a must-read book if you want a laugh.

u/Ponkio · 9 pointsr/books
  1. The Name Of The Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

  2. 8.5/10

  3. Fantasy

  4. Hadn't been so captivated by a fantasy since A Song Of Ice And Fire, definitely one of the best fantasy autors out there, especially for his maniacal attention to every detail of his story.

  5. Amazon
u/Ickulus · 8 pointsr/SubredditDrama

Try The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It filled the ASOIF spot in my life for a while, and it is also written by a bigger bearded guy who is probably not publishing the next book this year either.

u/mz80 · 6 pointsr/Fantasy

I can highly recommend:

  • The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss with The Name of the Wind as the first of 3 books of which 2 are already out. The 3rd one is hopefully out next year.
  • The Demon Cycles by Peter V. Brett with The Warded Man as the first book.

    I am also currently reading the Wheel of Time, but there are just too many books....
    Finished A Song of Ice and Fire a year ago and I'm eagerly waiting for the next book.
u/[deleted] · 6 pointsr/asoiaf

Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (they're parts 1 and 2 of a trilogy, respectively).

Rothfuss writes an incredibly engaging story. The trilogy is about the rise and fall of one of the greatest heroes in a fantasy world, and it couldn't be more personable or interesting.

Also, everybody needs to read some Diana Wynne Jones in their life. She's an amazing fantasy author who's often dismissed as a children's author. Think JK Rowling if JK Rowling studied under Tolkien and were a much, MUCH better storyteller. Howl's Moving Castle is probably her most famous novel (it was turned into a Studio Ghibli movie a few years ago), but the Chrestomanci series is great too.

u/darthrevan · 6 pointsr/books
u/sylverbound · 5 pointsr/confession

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. One of the best written fantasy books ever IMO. It's the first in a trilogy that's not quite finished.

The character who said this quote is actually the subject of the short story The Lightning Tree in the Rogues anthology that George RR Martin edited in case anyone is familiar with that book.

I definitely recommend these books to anyone, including people who have never enjoyed fantasy. They are universally great literature.

u/Jess_than_three · 5 pointsr/AskReddit

Read this, and its sequel. ;)

u/amusedtangerine · 5 pointsr/books

Dhalgren is an insane look at a dystopian future. Very long, often hard to read, but quite good. If he liked House of Leaves and also likes Sci-fi, I think he would enjoy Dhalgren. It is hard to read in places but that adds to its appeal.

Treason by Orson Scott Card was quite good, and I'd never heard of it before my boyfriend recommended it.

These are both sci-fi and sociological in nature.

I would second Murakami novels in general.

The Name of the Wind is a fantasy novel that I liked a lot. It was recommended to me by my brother, who then gave it to me last year for xmas.

u/ItStartsWithOne · 5 pointsr/gaybros

Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfus (fantasy-ish)

[The Shadow of the Wind] (http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Wind-Carlos-Ruiz-Zaf%C3%B3n/dp/0143034901/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374006329&sr=1-1&keywords=shadow+of+the+wind) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (hard to describe, but really engaging)

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (cool historical fiction)

u/ZombieKingKong · 5 pointsr/books

Sci Fi, ok cool. Here are a few very entertaining Sci-Fi audiobooks (you can actually find some of these free).

Infected by Scott Sigler, with a sequel titled 'Contagious'. If you search for Scott Sigler online, you will be directed to his website, and can go through itunes to get the free podiocast.
http://www.amazon.com/Infected-Novel-Scott-Sigler/dp/030740630X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1311807514&sr=8-3

Robopocalypse
http://www.amazon.com/Robopocalypse-Novel-Daniel-H-Wilson/dp/0385533853/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311807626&sr=1-1

For fantasy, I highly recommend 'The Name of the Wind' by patrick Rothfuss
http://www.amazon.com/Name-Wind-Kingkiller-Chronicles-Day/dp/0756405890/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311807743&sr=1-1

The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
http://www.amazon.com/Warded-Man-Peter-V-Brett/dp/0345518705/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311807801&sr=1-1

For Horror I recommend
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
http://www.amazon.com/Darkly-Dreaming-Dexter-Vintage-Lizard/dp/0307473708/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311807869&sr=1-1

Serial Uncut
http://www.amazon.com/Serial-Uncut-J-Konrath/dp/1456401580/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311808020&sr=1-1

For the taste of apocalyptic greatness I recommend
World War Z
http://www.amazon.com/World-War-Oral-History-Zombie/dp/0307346617/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311808107&sr=1-1

One Second After
http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen/dp/0765356864/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311808128&sr=1-1

I have other audiobooks that touches multiple categories. For a nice series, there are two I really love. The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King, and The Dresden Files series.


u/laxworld322 · 4 pointsr/asoiaf

Read the Kingkiller Chronicles(Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear) by Patrick Rothfuss. You'll still have to wait a bit, but only for one more book. It's fantastic stuff. I've read the first two books at least three times each in the past year and a half.

u/Magikarp · 3 pointsr/AskReddit

ugh i've finished everything worthwhile in my local library been reading e-books but running low on those as well

heres some off the top of my head.. be warned these are more character driven then anything else... I hate books with a giant cast of characters ( though malazan was an exception )

Old Shit:
The Fionavar Tapestry (fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Tree-Fionavar-Tapestry-Book/dp/0451458222/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279523697&sr=1-2

Farseer Trilogy (fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Apprentice-Farseer-Trilogy-Book/dp/055357339X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279523843&sr=1-1

New Shit:
First Law Trilogy (fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Blade-Itself-First-Law-Book/dp/159102594X/ref=pd_sim_b_1

The Name of the Wind (fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Name-Wind-Kingkiller-Chronicles-Day/dp/0756405890/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257193424&sr=1-1

Codex Alera (fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Furies-Calderon-Codex-Alera-Book/dp/044101268X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279524012&sr=1-1


u/DiegoTheGoat · 3 pointsr/AskReddit
u/Croaten01 · 3 pointsr/cosplay

This was taken with on of my favorite authors Patrick Rothfuss, so it was pretty amazing just getting to meet him. Then when I come back home I see that he ended up posting this pic on his person facebook page. Which was just amazing.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Name-Wind-Kingkiller-Chronicles/dp/0756405890/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1377262476&sr=8-3&keywords=patrick+rothfuss

u/kjhatch · 3 pointsr/gameofthrones

GRRM's going to finish the books before the series catches up. There have been many comments about that.

For suggested reading try The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles). It's been recommended here by many. I happen to be reading it right now and agree it's great.

u/stoicmiguel · 2 pointsr/suggestmeabook
u/Krispyz · 2 pointsr/RandomActsOfPolish

That polish looks AMAZING! So gorgeous!

My favorite book of all time is "Name of the Wind" by Pat Rothfuss. I know the author, but that doesn't affect my opinion of the book, it stands on its own! The sequel is nearly as amazing, but the final book of the trilogy is out yet, which is a little painful!

u/thelibrarian · 2 pointsr/books

Book six? You're stronger than me - I got through the first three before giving up. I've not heard anything that makes me want to go back and try again. A couple of other fantasy series suggestions (with links to the first books):

u/averedge · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Hello and welcome!

As for magic, are we talking harry potter magic or Ice and fire magic?

Seeing as for the reason why you like Suits and your love of magic, I suggest reading "Name of the wind"

u/dogboat · 2 pointsr/books

I have this one.

u/ricardolecocq · 2 pointsr/noveltranslations

if you find a good recomendation, let me know, i would be interested as well.
Try the Kingkiller chronicles, MC goes to magic college and all.
https://www.amazon.com/Name-Wind-Kingkiller-Chronicles-Day/dp/0756405890/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1480879260&sr=8-1

u/mattomic · 2 pointsr/ifyoulikeblank

If you don't want to get tied up too long (this series isn't complete yet), I definitely recommend the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss:

  • Name of the Wind
  • Wise Man's Fear

    These are extremely well written. I really look forward to the next book in the saga.

    [Edit: woops, just saw that someone else mentioned this further down in the comments. I'm sure the links will be appreciated.]
u/drowgirl · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I cannot say enough good things about The Name of the Wind. it's the first book in the Kingkiller Chronicles.

If you love fantasy and strong female characters, the Eye of the World is the first book in the just recently finished Wheel of time series. Amazing series, long, deep, complicated, but amazing.

u/omaca · 2 pointsr/books

I've just finished The Windup Girl, which I had been putting off for some time. It was, quite simply, the most astounding and breath-taking science fiction book I've ever read. I loved it.

However, my problem is that I buy books compulsively. Mostly hard copies, but recently I bought a Kindle and buy the odd e-book or two. I have literally hundreds of books on my "to read" list.

One near the top is A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel. I recently read her phenomenal Wolf Hall and was blown away by her skills as a story teller. I'm a bit of an armchair historian, and I'm particularly interested in the French Revolution (amongst other things), so I'm very excited by the prospects this book holds. If it's anything like Wolf Hall then I'm in for a very particular treat.

Also near the top lies Quantum - Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality, Manjit Kumar's much lauded recent history of the emergence of quantum mechanics. I very much enjoyed other tangentially related books on this topic, including the wonderful The Making of the Atomic Bomb and The Fly in the Cathedral, so this should be good fun and educational to boot.

Having read and loved Everitt's biography of Cicero, I'm very much looking forward to his biographies of Augustus and Hadrian.

I'm listening to an audio-book version of The Count of Monte Cristo on my iPod, which I find rather enjoyable. I've only got through the first half dozen chapters and it's already taken a few hours, so this looks to be a nice, long-term and periodic treat for when I have time alone in the car.

Cronin's The Passage keeps piquing my interest, but I was foolish enough to buy it in that lamentable format, the much cursed "trade paperback", so the thing is a behemoth. The size puts me off. I wish I had waited for a regular paper-back edition. As it is, it sits there on my bookshelf, flanked by the collected works of Alan Furst (what a wonderfully evocative writer of WWII espionage!!) and a bunch of much recommended, but as yet unread, fantasy including The Darkness that Comes Before by Bakker, The Name of the Wind by Rothfuss and Physiognomy by Ford.

Books I have ordered and am eagerly awaiting, and which shall go straight to the top of the TBR list (no doubt to be replaced by next month's purchases) include Orlando Figes's highly regarded history of The Crimean War, Rosen's history of steam The Most Powerful Idea in the World and Stacy Schiff's contentious biography of Cleopatra.

A bit of a mixed bunch, all up, I'd say.





u/Burlapin · 2 pointsr/books

By the way, I'm currently reading this book after absolutely devouring the first.

u/matohota · 2 pointsr/books

43, less than I would like (oh... sorry, M), hard science fiction, Iain M. Banks, any of the Culture series (favorites in that are Use of Weapons, Matter, and Surface Detail)
For recommendations, I have a soft spot (because he earned it) for Charles De Lint. One of the best urban fantasy authors out there. Some others are The Name of the Wind, and the Mistborn cycle (first book here).

u/Black_Lace_and_Butts · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I have two books which I always tell people to read if they haven't. All Book lovers will enjoy them, so I hope you get to them even if I don't win (BTW: Thanks!).

First is: A Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It has a great magical realism vibe, and is told backwards in time. Short, interesting and downright awesome.

Second is: The first book of the Kingkiller Chronicles, The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It's the beginning of a fantasy series that you will get sucked into. If you think fantasy is all rainbows, magic and faeries, this book will show you an entirely new dimension.

What a great reading list you have created so far, my book club will be happy to see all of this! Happy reading!

u/key2 · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

For you: this and this

Together they are just under $25. I see you're a GoT fan and you will 100% enjoy these books.

For me: This

Just above $25 but it's the only thing I have on there that's in that range.

u/ecafyelims · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Two great books.

If you like fantasy, this is an amazing book -- one of the best I've ever read.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss


This one is quoted a lot (Big Brother is watching) and a great book that I often think about.

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

u/HardCorwen · 1 pointr/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

I recently started reading "The Name of the Wind". It honestly gripped my unlike any book has in a very long time. I have been so busy the past week though I haven't gotten a chance to read it. It makes me sad! I really recommend it!

u/roberto_banana · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Here are some fantasy/sci-fi books that I liked at that age, or would have liked had they been published. A couple of them have some sexual content, but nothing overly detailed.

DEFINITELY "The Dark is Rising" series. They're short, but excellent. Also The Hunger Games is a good bet (never read the sequels, but that first book is great). Other suggestions: The Name of the Wind, Waylander, Rose of the Prophet, 1984, To Your Scattered Bodies Go, The Strain, any of the Dragonlance books (I would start at the beginning, with Dragons of Autumn Twilight), or nearly anything by Stephen King.

u/AwesomeBrainPowers · 1 pointr/writing

D&D campaigns can be great starting points, so don't let that stop you. It's about what you do with it after that.

As far as the subject matter alienating readers: Are you more worried about alienating "mainstream" readers with fantastical content or alienating fantasy readers with "mainstream" content? It actually doesn't matter, because neither one should concern you, but I'll address them both anyway.

  1. On the mainstream appeal of fantasy stories: True Blood, Harry Potter, and the works of Neil Gaiman all suggest that fantasy elements are not at all deal-breakers.
  2. On the fantasy appeal of mundane elements: The Dresden Files, Supernatural, and the works of China Miéville all suggest that "real world" elements are not deal-breakers.

    One of last year's most well-received novels was a post-apocalyptic vampire story, and R. Scott Bakker demonstrated that you can write a series that's really about politics, ideology, and self-deception, even if it stars a wizard. Hell, The Name of the Wind dedicates whole sections to getting drunk and playing the guitar.

    Personally, I find the mixing of content far more interesting than anything that's stalwartly dedicated to some kind of genre "purity".