The Wise Man's Fear
core novel 2011 The Kingkiller Chronicle
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.55 (631,680 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 994 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756404734 |
| First-edition date | 2011-03-01 |
| First-edition publisher | DAW Books |
| First-edition country | US |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Kingkiller Chronicle
- Series: The Kingkiller Chronicle core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Patrick Rothfuss
Awards (verified)
- David Gemmell Legend Award (Best Novel), 2012: won
Notes
- Day 2. #1 NYT debut; Gemmell Legend Award 2012.
- 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 2 of 2: previous The Name of the Wind (2007)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wise_Man%27s_Fear
- https://www.blackgate.com/2012/06/16/the-wise-mans-fear-by-patrick-rothfuss-wins-the-david-gemmell-legend-award/
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