Books like The Name of the Wind: 9 classics to read next
These classics offer readers of The Name of the Wind gifted outsiders, arduous education, wandering adventures, and self-created legends. Start with Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women for a narrator's journey through dangerous enchantments.
Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women
George MacDonald
A first-person narrator looks back on dangerous enchantments, making his journey through Fairy Land an arduous education.
4 h 40 min readMedium
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
Kim's orphaned outsider moves between schooling and dangerous travels, finding an arduous education both within institutions and on India's roads.
7 h 30 min readMedium
Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
Rafael Sabatini
For the pleasure of self-created legends, follow a fugitive performer who reinvents himself through study and swordsmanship.
8 h 20 min readMedium
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle
Robin's daring exploits, disguises, and archery contests turn a charismatic outlaw's life into the stuff of self-created legends.
7 h 20 min readMedium
The Odyssey
Homer
Wandering adventures take a legendary king among supernatural enemies, as he recounts encounters on his troubled journey home.
8 h 20 min readMedium
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas; Auguste Maquet
The appeal of gifted outsiders emerges as an impoverished prisoner acquires knowledge, wealth, and a formidable new identity.
30 h 40 min readChallenging
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Looking back as a successful storyteller, David recounts an impoverished childhood and an arduous education shaped by hardship and mistaken trust.
24 h 10 min readChallenging
The Lost Prince
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Among gifted outsiders, Marco offers an artistically talented boy whose impoverished upbringing leads him into a nation's legends.
6 h 40 min readMedium
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Pip brings the appeal of gifted outsiders to an orphan's pursuit of education and status while concealing his humble origins.
12 h 30 min readChallenging
What are the best classic books like The Name of the Wind?
Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is a starting point for enchantment and personal storytelling. Kim offers an orphan's schooling and dangerous travels, while Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution follows a fugitive performer's reinvention. David Copperfield supplies a storyteller's account of childhood hardship and education.
Which classic book is closest to The Name of the Wind?
Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is the closest match here for a first-person account of education through dangerous enchantments. Anodos enters Fairy Land when his bedroom changes into woodland, then wanders among trees, statues, and shadows that take on lives of their own.
Where should I start if I loved The Name of the Wind?
Read Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women next for enchantment and a narrator's education. Choose The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood for daring exploits and a charismatic outlaw's growing legend. For a reflective account of childhood hardship, school, and mistaken trust, start with David Copperfield.
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