#the kingkiller chronicles

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Note: Good Omens is by both Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, it just doesn't fit in the character limit lol

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (2011)

The circus arrives without warning. No announcement precedes it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.

Within these nocturnal black-and-white-striped tents awaits an utterly unquie experience, a feast did the senses, where no one can be lost in a maze of clouds, meander through a lush garden muse of ice, stare in wonderment as the tattooed contortionist folds herself into a small glass box, and become deliciously tipsy from the scents of caramel and cinnamon that waft through the air.

Welcome to Le Cirque des Rêvez.

Beyond the smoke and mirrors, however, a fierce competition is under way—a contest between two young illusionists, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood to compete in a “game” to which they have been irrevocably bound by their mercurial masters. Unbeknownst to the players, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battles of imagination and will.

As the circus travels around the world, the feats of magic gain fantastical new heights with every stop. The game is well under way and the lives of all those involved—the eccentric circus owner, the elusive contortionist, the mystical fortune-teller, and a pair of red-haired twins born backstage among them—are swept up in a wake of spells and charms.

But when Celia discovers Marco is her adversary, they begin to think of the game not as a competition but as a wonderful collaboration. With no knowledge of how the game must end, they innocently tumble headfirst into love. A deep, passionate, and magical love that makes the light flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

Their masters still pull the strings, however, and this unforeseen occurrence forces them to intervene with dangerous consequences, leaving the lives of everyone from the performers to the patrons hanging in the balance.

The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss (2007-present)

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 age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.   You may have heard of me.

So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature--the story of a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (2015-2016)

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone. . . .

A convict with a thirst for revenge A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager A runaway with a privileged past A spy known as the Wraith A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001)

Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America.

Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (2012-2015)

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . . 

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future. 

The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1973)

Westley ... handsome farm boy who risks death and much, much worse for the woman he loves; Inigo ... the Spanish swordsman who lives only to avenge his father's death; Fezzik ... the Turk, the gentlest giant ever to have uprooted a tree with his bare hands; Vizzini ... the evil Sicilian, with a mind so keen he's foiled by his own perfect logic; Prince Humperdinck ... the eviler ruler of Guilder, who has an equally insatiable thirst for war and the beauteous Buttercup; Count Rugen ... the evilest man of all, who thrives on the excruciating pain of others; Miracle Max ... the King's ex-Miracle Man, who can raise the dead (kind of); The Dread Pirate Roberts ... supreme looter and plunderer of the high seas; and, of course, Buttercup ... the princess bride, the most perfect, beautiful woman in the history of the world.

S. Morgenstern's timeless tale--discovered and wonderfully abridged by William Goldman--pits country against country, good against evil, love against hate. From the Cliffs of Insanity through the Fire Swamp and down into the Zoo of Death, this incredible journey and brilliant tale is peppered with strange beasties both monstrous and gentle, and memorable surprises both terrible and sublime.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964)

Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last!

But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life! 

The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare (2010-2013)

Magic is dangerous--but love is more dangerous still. 

When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos. 

Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own. 

Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by--and torn between--two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length . . . everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world. . . . and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (1990)

The world is preparing to come to an end according to the Divine Plan recorded in the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded 1655). Meanwhile, a fussy angel and a fast-living demon have grown fond of living among the earth's mortals for many millennia and are not looking forward to the apocalypse. If Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they must find and kill the Antichrist.

Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2002)

In Coraline's family's new flat there's a locked door. On the other side is a brick wall��until Coraline unlocks the door . . . and finds a passage to another flat in another house just like her own. Only different.

The food is better there. Books have pictures that writhe and crawl and shimmer. And there's another mother and father there who want Coraline to be their little girl. They want to change her and keep her with them. . . . Forever.

[purplepotatobread]

Get yourself a friend like Simmon. We all could use a Simmon in our lives.

[grabyourpillow]

If Patrick Rothfuss won't finish his books by god I will reread the fuck out of them and do it for him

[niamhs-reading-adventures]

JOMPBPC | December 6 | Biggest Pet Peeve

When the next book in an amazing series isn't out yet (not to name names)

[metalandmagi]

This is specifically for series, not standalones (like The Song of Achilles). Also I will die on the hill that Scythe is more adult than YA (or at least deserves to stand alongside adult series). I don't care what goodreads says.

[future-dregs]

Kvothe making himself out to be a Master of the Sex is so funny to me because of course, of course he would do that. He has been given the chance to put down his memoirs, and make sure it's exactly how he wants. Do you really think he's going to say, "yeah my first time was really awkward, kinda weird......fairy sex" and all that.

He's telling the truth of his life, but he's the one telling it, and Kvothe, is an unreliable narrator. He might be honest in everything else (its unsure really, given we haven't got to the end of the story yet) but you know he's not gonna have it be put down that he was bad or unknowledgeable at sex. C'mon.

[e-i-blindy]

It should be a crime how we are made to listen for 4 hours about a child living in his happy little bubble of science and magic and love and music.

Of course there are mean people in this story but they dont concern him, they don't concern us. We watch with him from a distance, curious, as the provlem is solved, and we move on.

We explore and learn and discover with him. We start to love this child and Ben and his parent and his trupe, his family. Edema Ruh. We are with him on the road and in Bens caravan and in his mind.

For 5 hours we stay there and forget about everything that is to come (because of course we have listened to/read it before and we know). Its bittersweet the whole time really.

On the 23h 10m mark on audible, it is all taken away.

As the child is no longer in this bubble.

We become the boy in the forest too.

[darthruaky]

"This shaper of the dark and changing eye stretched out his hand against the pure black sky.

He pulled the Moon, but could not make her stay.

So now she moves 'twixt mortal and the fae.

You have your tale.

Your 'who' and 'how'.

There is a final secret now.

So all your owlish listening lend.

This is the part on which you must attend.

The Moon has our two worlds beguiled, like parents clutching at a child, pulling at her, to and fro, neither willing to let go.

When she is torn, half in your sky, you see how far apart we lie.

No matter how we long to kiss, the space between us is not ripe for this.

And when your moon is waxing full, all of faerie feels the pull.

She draws us close to you, so bright.

And now a visit for a night is easier than walking through a door or stepping off a ship that's near the shore.

'twas thus while wandering in the wild, you found Felurian, manling child."

"And this is true of any fae?"

"Most fae are sly and subtle folk who step as soft as chimney smoke.

Some go among your kind enshaedn, glamoured as a pack mule laden, or wearing gowns to fit a queen.

We know enough not to be seen.

Many of the darker sort would love to use you for their sport.

What keeps these from moonlit trespass?

Iron, fire, mirror-glass.

Elm and ash and copper knives, solid-hearted farmer's wives who know the rules of games we play and give us bread to keep away.

But worst of all, my people dread the portion of our power we shed when we se foot on mortal earth."

"We are more trouble than we're worth."

"While she is full you may still laugh, but know there is a darker half.

A clever mortal fears the night without a hint of sweet moonlight.

On such a night, each step you take might catch you in the dark moon's wake, and pull you all unwitting into fae where you will have no choice but stay.

And on such unfamiliar ground, how can a mortal help but drown?

I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear."

[hedonistbyheart]

It’s no secret that Rothfuss loves torturing Kvothe, but I think the worst thing he ever did to him was to only have him meet ONE edema ruh troupe after his childhood and then have them actually be bandits who killed the real ruh. GIVE HIM HIS FAMILY ROTHFUSS ISTG.

[coffeenonsense]

Inside you there are two wolves one is rocking back and forth chanting "authors don't owe you anything" the other is howling and clawing at the door because they have clearly been ABANDONED and left for dead by an author WHO IS CLEARLY NOT WRITING–

[neverendingtrove]

This news is HUGE

Patrick ROTHFUSS is finally releasing a new book!!! Not Doors of Stone, unfortunately, but a Bast novella, The Narrow Road Between Desires ☺️

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Suggestions for fantasy books:

In Other Lands - Sarah Rees Brennan

Beauty - Robin McKinley

Uprooted - Naomi Novik

The Broken Earth (series) - N.K. Jemisin

The Princess Bride - William Goldman

The Deep - River Solomon

Poison - Chris Wooding

Inkeeper Chronicles (series) - Ilona Andrews

The Witcher (series) - Andrzej Sapkowski

The Poppy War (series) - R. F. Kuang

The Live Ship Traders (series) - Robin Hobb

Sorceror Royal (series) - Zen Cho

The New Moon's Arms - Nalo Hopkinson

The Curse Workers (series) - Holly Black

Alice (duology) & Lost Boy - Christina Henry

Ring Shout - P. Djèli Clark

Kingkiller Chronicle (series) - Patrick Rothfuss

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree

Iron Widow - Jay Zhao

Coraline - Neil Gaiman

Pet - Akwaeke Emezi

Thursday Next (series) - Jasper Fforde

A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness

The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter

The Dark is Rising (series) - Susan Cooper

Wicked - Gregory Maguire

East - Edith Pattou

Knights of Liofwende (series) & The Welkin Weasels (series) - Garry Kilworth

Old Magic - Marianne Curley

Book of the Crow (series) - Catherine Fisher

Mongrels - Stephen Graham Jones

The Last Binding (series) - Freya Marske

Sorry, I know that's a lot! Anyway, thank you for running these polls and breaking my heart again and again, lol.

What a list! You've got a lot of great ones in here (I love you, Poppy War, Uprooted, and Iron Widow). I've added them all, though some of the names changed due to series vs book titles

[purplepotatobread]

I think it's slightly concerning how hard I relate to Auri in The Slow Regard of Silent Things. I'm that way with my room, everything has a place and if one thing is moved everything is out of harmony. Obviously this is one much more logical level than Auri however when Auri faced the broken side of the gear up I found myself thinking "huh, I feel like it makes more sense facing down." Am I going crazy?

[skellowmare]

someone tell me why kvothe went to ademre instead of returning to the maer. sorry but it makes no sense

[topographicanomaly]

asoiaf this tkc that; i've been waiting for the third part of a trilogy since 1997 you don't know pain

getting into asoiaf in 2024 is bad because you get to discover a series of books that will undoubtedly impact your creative endeavors for the rest of ur life and the authors like yeah ill probably die before i finish these. sorry

[kudriaken]

Kingkiller Chornicle fanart designs. Stuff for the beginning of the 1st book.