Top 16 Books Like The Name Of The Wind Updated 04 /2024

The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson

What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland?

Mistborn

For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.

Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Then Kelsier reveals his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.

But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets. She will have to learn trust if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.

Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale-spinner and author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the prophesied hero failed to defeat the Dark Lord? There will be plenty of answers in the Misborn Trilogy, a story that begins the moment you pick up a copy. Never again will fantasy be the same

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) by Brandon Sanderson

Book one of The Stormlight Archive, The Way of Kings, by New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, begins an epic new saga.

In Roshar, stone and storms rule. Winds of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped both the ecology and human civilization. In the absence of soil, animals, trees, and grass all hunker down. In places where the terrain is suitable for settlement, cities are only erected.

The ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant have been extinct for centuries, but their Shardblades and Shardplates remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. For Shardblades, men will give up their kingdoms. They were the ones who fought and won the wars that mattered most to them.

The Shattered Plains, a devastated landscape, is currently the scene of one such conflict. There, Kaladin has been reduced to slavery because he exchanged his medical training for a spear in order to protect his younger brother. A war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight against one foe, he is struggling to save his men and understand the leaders who consider them disposable in a war that makes no sense.

One of those other armies is under the command of Brightlord Dalinar Kholin. The Way of Kings, an ancient text he's studied with his brother, the late king, has piqued his interest. He has begun to question his sanity as he is haunted by memories of ancient times and the Knights Radiant.

Jasnah, Dalinar's niece, is an eminent scholar and a notorious heretic, and Shallan, an aspiring scholar, is eager to learn from her. Shallan's motivations aren't entirely pure, despite her professed love of learning. As she plots a daring heist for Jasnah, her investigation uncovers information about the Knights Radiant and the real reason for the war.

The Way of Kings is just the beginning of the Stormlight Archive, a monumental work in progress that has been in the works for over a decade.

Invoke the ancient oaths once more; repeat them.

Prior to passing away, there is life.

Strength comes before weakness.

Prior to arriving at one's final destination, one must first make the journey there

and bring back to men the shards they once held in their bodies.

The Knights Radiant must rise once more.

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin

First in a trilogy that also includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords, here is George R. R. Martin's magnificent series of novels. All together, this series is a modern fantasy classic, showcasing the best that the genre has to offer. This book takes us to a fantasy land filled with magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure unlike anything we've ever known. George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series, The Winds of Winter, has already been hailed as a literary masterpiece.

An HBO series called "Game of Thrones"

The seasons were thrown out of harmony thousands of years ago, during a period of time now lost to history. Trouble is brewing in a land where summers last decades and winters last a lifetime. Winter has returned, and sinister and supernatural forces are gathering in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell. One of the most powerful families in Westeros, the Starks of Winterfell, are at the epicenter of the conflict. This is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards who come together in a time of grim omens, sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty.

Enigmatic warriors wield weapons made of non-human metal; a fierce wildling tribe kidnaps men; a cruel young dragon prince trades his sister in order to reclaim his throne; a determined woman sets out on the most perilous of journeys in this world. The fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs precariously in the balance as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones. amidst plots and counterplots

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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien

It will take a single ring to unify them all, to find them, and to bring them to light in the darkness.

The Elven-smiths created the Rings of Power thousands of years ago, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, used them to create the One Ring, which he then used to rule the world. Despite his efforts, he was unable to locate the One Ring, which he had lost. According to the story in The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins eventually came into possession of it after many ages.

It's a daunting task for Frodo Baggins, the young cousin of Bilbo Baggins, to keep the Ring of Power safe in the Shire village where he lives. In order to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord's evil plan, Frodo must leave his home and travel to the Cracks of Doom across Middle-earth.

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