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Guy Gavriel Kay

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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: 4.12 · 268,488 ratings · 20,250 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors
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The Lions of Al-Rassan
4.30 avg rating — 26,265 ratings — published 1995 — 25 editions
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The Summer Tree (The Fionav...
3.96 avg rating — 26,541 ratings — published 1984 — 81 editions
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The Darkest Road (The Fiona...
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The Wandering Fire (The Fio...
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A Song for Arbonne
4.25 avg rating — 15,615 ratings — published 1992 — 63 editions
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“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana
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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.”
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“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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Polls

3rd Quarter 2025 Long Reads (July - September)

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, c. 1000, 1182 pages
 
  39 votes, 20.2%

No Name by Wilkie Collins, 1862, 748 pages
 
  34 votes, 17.6%

Hawaii by James A. Michener, 1959, 937 pages
 
  31 votes, 16.1%

 
  30 votes, 15.5%

Lincoln by Gore Vidal, 1984, 672 pages
 
  24 votes, 12.4%

 
  23 votes, 11.9%

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay, 1990, 676 pages
 
  12 votes, 6.2%

193 total votes
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