



Read by Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and 5 others

The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King
“I admire Tolkien greatly. His books had enormous influence on me... The battle of good and evil is a great subject for any book and certainly for a fantasy book.”
— George R.R. Martin
Source: PBS Interview / The Great American Read
“This is the original Game of Thrones. The Accursed Kings has it all. Iron kings and strangled queens, battles and betrayals, lies and lust, deception, family rivalries... and all of it straight from the pages of history.”
— George R.R. Martin
Source: Foreword to The Iron King
The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One
“He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy... The Name of the Wind was an instant classic, an epic fantasy structured as an innkeeper telling his life story...”
— George R.R. Martin
Source: Not A Blog
The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two
“I gulped it down in a day or two, and have been waiting for the third one ever since.”
— George R.R. Martin
Source: Not A Blog