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by Ursula K. Le Guin · 1971

Book 2 of Earthsea

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What it is about

Fantasy
Women priests
Thieves
Wizards
Tombs

Where it happens

Earthsea

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Young Adult

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Storm Front Adult
Jim Butcher · 2000

about 350 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books about wizards.
- Fantasy
- Wizards
What both books share
- fantasy
  The Tombs of Atuan: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic" (OL subject)
  Storm Front: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, contemporary" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, urban" (OL subject)
- wizards
  The Tombs of Atuan: "Wizards" (OL subject); "Wizards in fiction" (OL subject); "Wizards -- Fiction" (OL subject); "Wizards -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  Storm Front: "Wizards" (OL subject); "Wizards in fiction" (OL subject); "Wizards -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Tombs of Atuan; Open Library and Wikidata for Storm Front.
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Flight of the Nighthawks Adult
Raymond E. Feist

about 400 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books about wizards.
- Fantasy
- Wizards
What both books share
- fantasy
  The Tombs of Atuan: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic" (OL subject)
  Flight of the Nighthawks: "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction." (LoC 655)
- wizards
  The Tombs of Atuan: "Wizards" (OL subject); "Wizards in fiction" (OL subject); "Wizards -- Fiction" (OL subject); "Wizards -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  Flight of the Nighthawks: "Wizards" (OL subject); "Wizards -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Tombs of Atuan; Open Library and Wikidata for Flight of the Nighthawks.
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A Kingdom Besieged Adult
Raymond E. Feist · 2011

about 330 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books about wizards.
- Fantasy
- Wizards
What both books share
- fantasy
  The Tombs of Atuan: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic" (OL subject)
  A Kingdom Besieged: "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction, American." (LoC 655); "Fantasy fiction." (LoC 655)
- wizards
  The Tombs of Atuan: "Wizards -- Juvenile fiction." (Library of Congress)
  A Kingdom Besieged: "Wizards -- Fiction." (Library of Congress)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Tombs of Atuan; Open Library and Wikidata for A Kingdom Besieged.
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Book	Fantasy	Wizards
Storm Front	shared	shared
Flight of the Nighthawks	shared	shared
A Kingdom Besieged	shared	shared
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	shared	shared
The Awakening	shared	not shared
Wizard's First Rule	shared	shared
A Wrinkle in Time	shared	not shared
Bridge to Terabithia	shared	not shared
The Phantom Tollbooth	shared	not shared
The Hobbit	shared	not shared

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The Tombs of Atuan: the facts, checked

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First published: First published in 1971. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
Series: It is book 2 of the Earthsea series. Source: ursulakleguin.com, checked November 6, 2026. Earthsea ... A Wizard of Earthsea ... The Tombs of Atuan
Next in the series: Book 3 is The Farthest Shore. Source: ursulakleguin.com, checked November 6, 2026. The Tombs of Atuan ... The Farthest Shore
Awards and honors: Wikidata lists the Newbery Honor (1972) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.

About Ursula K. Le Guin

Early work: Her first major science fiction novel was The Left Hand of Darkness. Source: ursulakleguin.com, checked November 6, 2026. Le Guin's first major work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness
Awards and honors: She received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 2014. Source: ursulakleguin.com, checked November 6, 2026. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal
Awards and honors: The Library of Congress named her a Living Legend in 2000. Source: ursulakleguin.com, checked November 6, 2026. In 2000, she was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress

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