Blood of Elves
- 398
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 2 weeks on the list
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About the book
Blood of Elves is the first novel in The Witcher series written by the Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in Poland in 1994. It is a sequel to the Witcher short stories collected in the books The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny and is followed by Time of Contempt. The book won the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 1994 and the David Gemmell Legend Award in 2009. An English translation was published in the United Kingdom in 2008 (Gollancz) and in the United States in 2009 (Orbit).
Reading order · The Witcher
Full order & progress →- The Last WishStart here
8.18.1 / 10 - The Sword of DestinyThe Sword of Destiny–Not ranked yet
- Blood of ElvesThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - Time of Contempt
7.97.9 / 10 - Baptism of Fire
8.28.2 / 10 - The Tower of the Swallow
8.18.1 / 10 - The Lady of the LakeThe Lady of the Lake–Not ranked yet
- Season of Storms
7.87.8 / 10 - Crossroads of RavensCrossroads of Ravens–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 83 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 36% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 76 | 92% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 7 | 8% |
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How long is Blood of Elves?
It has 398 pages — shorter than 78% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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