The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss, Marc Simonetti
The Name of the Wind is a fantasy novel by Patrick Rothfuss, first published by DAW Books in New York in March 2007, with a Gollancz edition in London the same year. The first book of The Kingkiller Chronicle, it has Kvothe telling his own life story to a scribe.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- DAW Books, 2007
- First published
- DAW Books, New York, 2007
- First UK edition
- Gollancz, 2007
- Series
- The Kingkiller Chronicle
The first edition of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss was published in New York, USA by DAW Books in 2007. We track 2 editions.
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First edition
- 1st DAW Books2007 Hardback · The Kingkiller Chronicle 1 I own The Name of the Wind, DAW Books 2007 Log in to want this
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- Gollancz2007 Hardback · The Kingkiller Chronicle 1 Sold £350 · Sep 2026 I own The Name of the Wind, Gollancz 2007 Log in to want this
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- Editions recorded
- 76 on Open Library, 28 in English
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Name of the Wind?
The first edition of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, Marc Simonetti was published in New York, USA by DAW Books in 2007.
How many editions of The Name of the Wind are there?
We track 2 editions of The Name of the Wind, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- The Name of the Wind, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Name of the Wind editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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