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The Name of the Wind
"The Name of the Wind," published by Patrick Rothfuss in 2007 as the first volume of "The Kingkiller Chronicle," follows the legendary Kvothe recounting his own life story — from impoverished orphan to renowned magician and musician — to a chronicler across a single frame-narrative day. Rothfuss reportedly spent over a decade writing and revising the novel before its publication, and its dense, lyrically precise prose style drew significant critical comparisons to more traditionally "literary" writing than much contemporary genre fantasy, helping it cross over to readers outside the genre's usual audience. The novel's massive fan following developed a reputation for impatience regarding its long-delayed third volume, with the wait between "The Wise Man's Fear" (2011) and the still-unpublished finale becoming one of the most discussed cases of prolonged anticipation in modern fantasy publishing. The Name of the Wind's combination of Rothfuss's meticulously crafted prose style and its status as one of the most anticipated unfinished fantasy series of the modern era has made it one of the most significant fantasy novels published in the 21st century.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," published by C.S. Lewis in 1950 as the first-published volume of "The Chronicles of Narnia," follows four English siblings who discover a magical wardrobe leading to the land of Narnia, where they join the lion Aslan against the tyrannical White Witch. Lewis, a close friend and Oxford colleague of J.R.R. Tolkien within the informal literary group known as the Inklings, wrote the Narnia books with an explicit Christian allegorical framework, most directly reflected in Aslan's sacrificial death and resurrection at the story's climax. The novel's success launched a seven-book series that became one of the best-selling children's book series of the 20th century, and its imaginative portal-fantasy premise — an ordinary household object leading to an entire hidden magical world — became one of the most widely imitated devices in subsequent children's fantasy literature. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe's combination of Lewis's Christian allegorical framework and its hugely influential portal-fantasy premise has made it one of the most significant fantasy novels in children's literature.
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