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If you liked The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Wise Man's Fear

    Patrick Rothfuss · 2011 · The Kingkiller Chronicle #2

    Because same series (The Kingkiller Chronicle #2); also by Patrick Rothfuss; shares tags: fantasy, music, epic.

    Kvothe leaves the University to serve Maer Alveron in Vintas, then survives Felurian, the Adem and a trial back home.

  2. Words of Radiance

    Brandon Sanderson · 2014 · The Stormlight Archive #2

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.

    Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers.

  3. The Way of Kings

    Brandon Sanderson · 2010 · The Stormlight Archive #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.

    A slave, a warlord, and a scholar thief collide on a storm battered world marching toward an old war.

  4. The Eye of the World

    Robert Jordan · 1990 · The Wheel of Time #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.

    Farm boys flee Trollocs with Moiraine and Lan, split at Shadar Logoth, and trek to the Eye in the Blight.

  5. A Storm of Swords

    George R. R. Martin · 2000 · A Song of Ice and Fire #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.

    Kings bleed, weddings turn red, and bastards rise as war splits Westeros.

  6. The Two Towers

    J. R. R. Tolkien · 1954 · The Lord of the Rings #2

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.

    Frodo and Sam crawl toward Mordor with Gollum while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli chase orcs across Rohan.

  7. The Return of the King

    J. R. R. Tolkien · 1955 · The Lord of the Rings #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.

    Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom while Aragorn claims Gondor and Pippin and Merry fight at Minas Tirith.

  8. A Clash of Kings

    George R. R. Martin · 1998 · A Song of Ice and Fire #2

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.

    Five kings fight after Robert dies while Jon meets wildlings, Dany crosses the Red Waste, and Tyrion holds King's Landing.

  9. The Fellowship of the Ring

    J. R. R. Tolkien · 1954 · The Lord of the Rings #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.

    Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring retold: Frodo's flight, Strider, Moria, Lothlorien, and the breaking of the Fellowship.

  10. A Game of Thrones

    George R. R. Martin · 1996 · A Song of Ice and Fire #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.

    Martin's A Game of Thrones retold: Starks, Lannisters, Dany's dragons, and why Ned's mercy costs him.

  11. The Raven Boys

    Maggie Stiefvater · 2012 · The Raven Cycle #1

    Because shares tag: fantasy.

    Blue Sargent joins four Aglionby boys hunting a Welsh king on a Virginia ley line.

  12. The Master and Margarita

    Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

    Because shares tag: fantasy.

    Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.

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