Are you a young, scrappy Hollywood producer looking to make bank with a fantasy blockbuster? In that case, you should know that your film adaptation will only be as good as your source material. So rather than take a chance on a beloved but lesser-known fantasy series (save it for A24), you’ll have to do what Hollywood always does and readapt something relatively non-risky and already popular to protect your bottom line. So here they are, the top 12 best-selling (and adult-oriented) fantasy books of all time—the perfect ammunition to make a cinematic killing.
12. The Kingkiller Chronicle series by Patrick Rothfuss
(image: Orion)A middle-aged man works behind the counter in a small tavern in a nondescript rural town. There’s an adventurous twinkle in the eyes set in that handsome face, lined with the beginnings of age. Little do his patrons know, that man was once called Kvothe, once the greatest hero in all the land. Trained in the musical arts since birth, Kvothe learned to pluck magic from out of the air itself to accomplish many legendary feats, like slaying a dragon, surviving a hookup with a succubus, and possibly killing a king (though his lawyer has advised him not to go into detail about that one). How successful are The Kingkiller Chronicle books? Patrick Rothfuss’ series sold 10 million copies and counting. More than most authors ever see, but small potatoes for this list.
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