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Average rating: 4.15 · 38,167 ratings · 5,584 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bone Ships (The Tide Child, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 11,036 ratings — published 2019 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Age of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 6,095 ratings — published 2017 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Call of the Bone Ships (The Tide Child, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 5,384 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bone Ship's Wake (The Tide Child, #3) 4.48 avg rating — 4,776 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 3,382 ratings — published 2018 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 2,906 ratings — published 2023 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 2,600 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Lords of Wyrdwood (Forsaken #2) 4.14 avg rating — 863 ratings — published 2024 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heart of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken #3) 4.08 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2025 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hag's Call (The Tide Child, #0.5) 3.92 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Tide Child (3 books)
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4.22 avg rating — 21,305 ratings

The Wounded Kingdom (3 books)
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4.07 avg rating — 12,084 ratings

Forsaken (3 books)
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4.08 avg rating — 4,046 ratings

Wyrdwood-Saga (2 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 2,917 ratings

Quotes by R.J. Barker (?)

“Can you add a quote from yourself? That would be pointless, what sort of fool would do that?”
― R.J. Barker

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“Bad friends are worse than no friends,”
― R.J. Barker, Age of Assassins

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“We are cursed to be the sum of our deeds, black as they may be. They are like an arrow: once the shot is made, there is no escaping the consequences.”
― R.J. Barker, Blood of Assassins

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Polls

Poll for series to start July 1, 2021

Legends of the First Empire (6 books), starting with Age of Myth, by Michael J. Sullivan

21 votes, 31.3%

Broken Earth (3 books), starting with The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin

17 votes, 25.4%

The Wounded Kingdom (3 books), starting with Age of Assassins, by R.J. Barker

9 votes, 13.4%

Riddle-Master (3 books), starting with The Riddle-Master of Hed, by Patricia A. McKillip

8 votes, 11.9%

The Sharing Knife/Wide Green World (4 books), starting with Beguilement, by Lois McMaster Bujold

7 votes, 10.4%

Paternus (3 books), starting with Rise of Gods, by Dyrk Ashton

5 votes, 7.5%

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