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Book 1 of The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
Fool's Assassin: "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "FICTION / Fantasy / Epic" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject)
Fairy Tale: "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
- fantasy
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
Fool's Assassin: "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "FICTION / Fantasy / Epic" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject)
Wizard's First Rule: "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject)
- fantasy
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
Fool's Assassin: "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "FICTION / Fantasy / Epic" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject)
Honored Enemy: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
- fantasy
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What they share, at a glance
Fool's Assassin next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Fantasy | Assassins |
|---|---|---|
| Fairy Tale | shared | not shared |
| Wizard's First Rule | shared | not shared |
| Honored Enemy | shared | not shared |
| Magician | shared | not shared |
| The Alloy of Law | shared | not shared |
| Flight of the Nighthawks | shared | not shared |
| Rides a Dread Legion | shared | not shared |
| A Kingdom Besieged | shared | not shared |
| Half a King | shared | not shared |
| The Awakening | shared | not shared |
| The Lady of the Lake | shared | shared |
| Before They Are Hanged | shared | not shared |
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Fool's Assassin: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on August 12, 2014. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 679-page edition from Del Rey. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
0593725468 ... 679 pages ... Del Rey
- Series
- It is book 1 of The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Fitz and the Fool Trilogy ... Fool's Assassin
- Next in the series
- Book 2 is Fool's Quest. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Fool's Assassin ... Fool's Quest
Where does Fool's Assassin sit in its series? See the reading order.
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