The Name of the Wind

This book by Patrick Rothfuss has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Brandon Sanderson, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2023-09-01 and the most recent from 2025-02-11. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

The Name of the Wind, also called The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle. It was published on March 27, 2007, by DAW Books, the novel has been hailed as a masterpiece of high fantasy. The story begins the tale of Kvothe (pronounced "quothe"), a young man who becomes the most notorious magician his world has ever known.