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The Kingkiller Chronicle Reading Order
The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss has 2 main books (2007–2011), plus 1 novella or companion. Start with The Name of the Wind (2007) and read the numbered books in order.
The Kingkiller Chronicle books in order
Your reading speed
- 12 h 53 min
- 17 h 39 min
- 2 h 48 min
Main books together: 1,744 pages, about 30 h 32 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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The Kingkiller Chronicle: common questions
- How many books are in the The Kingkiller Chronicle series?
- There are 2 main books in The Kingkiller Chronicle, plus 1 novella or companion book. The most recent main book listed here is The Wise Man's Fear (2011).
- What order should I read The Kingkiller Chronicle in?
- Read The Kingkiller Chronicle in its numbered order: The Name of the Wind, The Wise Man's Fear.
- What is the first The Kingkiller Chronicle book?
- The first book is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, published in 2007.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Kingkiller Chronicle series?
- The 2 main books add up to about 1,744 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 30½ hours of reading, or about 62 days at 30 minutes a day.
- Do I need to read the The Kingkiller Chronicle novellas?
- The 1 novella or companion book (The Slow Regard of Silent Things) sit outside the main numbering. You can follow the main story without them; their numbers (like 0.5 or 2.5) show where they fit between the main books.