Guy Gavriel Kay





Guy Gavriel Kay

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November 07, 1954 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Guy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid. Those works are published and marketed as historical fantasy, though the author himself has expressed a preference to shy away from genre categorization when possible.


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Average rating: 4.06 · 35,889 ratings · 2,855 reviews · 21 distinct works
Tigana
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 6,620 ratings — published 1990 — 36 editions
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The Summer Tree (The Fionavar...
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 4,397 ratings — published 1984 — 31 editions
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The Wandering Fire (The Fionav...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 3,605 ratings — published 1986 — 26 editions
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The Lions of Al-Rassan
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 3,293 ratings — published 1995 — 23 editions
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The Darkest Road (The Fionavar...
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 3,497 ratings — published 1986 — 24 editions
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A Song for Arbonne
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 2,850 ratings — published 1992 — 22 editions
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Ysabel
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 2,563 ratings — published 2007 — 20 editions
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Sailing to Sarantium (The Sara...
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 2,367 ratings — published 1999 — 22 editions
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Lord of Emperors (The Sarantin...
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 1,966 ratings — published 2000 — 23 editions
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The Last Light of the Sun
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,937 ratings — published 2004 — 21 editions
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More books by Guy Gavriel Kay…
The Summer Tree The Wandering Fire The Darkest Road
The Fionavar Tapestry (3 books)
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4.06300150949392 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 12,587 ratings
Sailing to Sarantium Lord of Emperors
The Sarantine Mosaic (2 books)
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4.09891379708805 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 4,327 ratings

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“My youngest brother had a wonderful schtick from some time in high school, through to graduating medicine. He had a card in his wallet that read, ‘If I am found with amnesia, please give me the following books to read …’ And it listed half a dozen books where he longed to recapture that first glorious sense of needing to find out ‘what happens next’ … the feeling that keeps you up half the night. The feeling that comes before the plot’s been learned.”
Guy Gavriel Kay

“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”
Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana

“In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone.”
Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana

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