The Name of the Wind
core novel 2007 The Kingkiller Chronicle
Record
| First published | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.52 (1,113,324 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 662 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756404079 |
| First-edition date | 2007-03-27 |
| First-edition publisher | DAW Books |
| First-edition country | US |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Kingkiller Chronicle
- Series: The Kingkiller Chronicle core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Patrick Rothfuss
Awards (verified)
- Quill Award (Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror), 2007: won
- Alex Award (YALSA), 2008: won
Notes
- Day 1. Quill Award 2007; Alex Award 2008.
- From the series record (The Kingkiller Chronicle): Day 3 (The Doors of Stone) unreleased, no announced date as of Aug 2026; documented milestones: editor's 2020 'not a word' statement, author's 2021 public apology.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Kingkiller Chronicle: position 1 of 2: next The Wise Man's Fear (2011)
Sources
← The Kingkiller Chronicle dossier · All universes
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