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by Robin Hobb

Book 2 of The Liveship Traders Trilogy

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The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss · 2007 · Adult

about 740 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books.
- Fantasy
What both books share
- fantasy
  Mad Ship: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
  The Name of the Wind: "fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Mad Ship; Open Library and Wikidata for The Name of the Wind.
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Outlander
Diana Gabaldon · 1991 · Adult

about 670 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books.
- Fantasy
What both books share
- fantasy
  Mad Ship: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
  Outlander: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Mad Ship; Open Library and Wikidata for Outlander.
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger · 2003 · Adult

about 550 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books.
- Fantasy
What both books share
- fantasy
  Mad Ship: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
  The Time Traveler's Wife: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Mad Ship; Open Library and Wikidata for The Time Traveler's Wife.
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Mad Ship: the facts, checked

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First published: First published on November 19, 1998. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
Series: It is book 2 of The Liveship Traders Trilogy. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026. The Liveship Traders Trilogy ... Ship of Magic ... Mad Ship

About Robin Hobb

Born: Born in Berkeley, United States, in 1952. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Also writes as: Robin Hobb has also published as Megan Lindholm. Source: Wikidata, citing The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Robin Hobb received the Imaginales award for best foreign-language novel in 2007, for Soldier Son Trilogy. Source: Wikidata, citing imaginales.fr, checked November 6, 2026.

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