The Knave and the Moon

New out September 1, 2026

The Knave and the Moon

Rachel Gillig

First published 2026

7.97.9 / 10
Score out of 1041 ratingsEarly score · confidence 22%
409
Pages
about 7 h
Reading time
  • NYT bestseller · 2 weeks on the list, peaked at #1

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About the book

Aisling Cathedral is in ruins. Rodrick Myndacious, Bartholomew, and Maude Bauer are rumored to be dead—and the king has taken Sybil Delling as his bride. To show off their union and solidify his power over Traum, Benji proposes a series of tournaments throughout the hamlets. Captive and drugged, Sybil remains determined to vanquish him as she once did the Omens, even if she destroys the kingdom’s faith—and herself—in the process. But then a mysterious knave rises to the top of the tournament lists, a man with no name and no memory who may just be Sybil’s ticket to undoing Benji’s power. For in a land where stories repeat themselves, where a king can prove as cruel as a god, the only way to truly destroy the Stonewater Kingdom’s faith is to save it.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.8 across 41 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 22% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.841 100%

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