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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.

Average rating: 4.13 · 271,664 ratings · 20,600 reviews · 45 distinct worksSimilar authors
Tigana

4.08 avg rating — 52,283 ratings — published 1990 — 91 editions
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The Lions of Al-Rassan

4.30 avg rating — 26,781 ratings — published 1995 — 48 editions
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The Summer Tree (The Fionav...

3.95 avg rating — 26,763 ratings — published 1984 — 81 editions
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The Darkest Road (The Fiona...

4.20 avg rating — 19,015 ratings — published 1986 — 62 editions
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The Wandering Fire (The Fio...

4.11 avg rating — 19,198 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions
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Sailing to Sarantium (The S...

4.20 avg rating — 17,083 ratings — published 1998 — 61 editions
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Under Heaven (Under Heaven,...

4.17 avg rating — 17,017 ratings — published 2010 — 57 editions
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A Song for Arbonne

4.25 avg rating — 15,759 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions
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Lord of Emperors (The Saran...

4.30 avg rating — 14,348 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions
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Ysabel

3.63 avg rating — 11,238 ratings — published 2007 — 55 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

“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

“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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