Wizard's First Rule
- 579
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Wizard’s First Rule” is a long, traditional quest fantasy that opens a seventeen-volume series: a young hero with hidden powers, powerful allies, an absolute evil to defeat. Readers who enjoy the genre’s familiar shapes find it an absorbing adventure. Others see little beyond those conventions, and some are put off by passages of prolonged cruelty. Worth trying if classic epic fantasy is what you want and its darker stretches do not deter you.
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About the book
Wizard's First Rule, written by Terry Goodkind, is the first book in the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. Published by Tor Books, it was released on August 15, 1994 in hardcover, and in mass market paperback in September 1995. The book was also re-released with new cover artwork by Keith Parkinson in paperback on June 23, 2001. The novel was adapted to television in the 2008 television series Legend of the Seeker.
Reading order · The Sword of Truth
Full order & progress →- Wizard's First RuleThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - Stone of Tears
7.97.9 / 10 - Blood of the Fold
7.87.8 / 10 - Temple of the Winds
7.87.8 / 10 - Soul of the Fire
7.47.4 / 10 - Faith of the Fallen
7.97.9 / 10 - The Pillars of Creation
7.27.2 / 10 - Naked Empire
7.57.5 / 10 - Chainfire
7.67.6 / 10 - Phantom
7.77.7 / 10 - Confessor
7.97.9 / 10 - The Omen Machine
7.57.5 / 10 - The Third Kingdom
–Not ranked yet - Severed Souls
–Not ranked yet - Warheart
–Not ranked yet - Debt of Bones
7.77.7 / 10 - The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda SearusThe First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 785 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 84% of the weight and the score stays at 7.7 — the Fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 66 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 719 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Wizard's First Rule?
It has 579 pages — longer than 56% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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