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Joe Abercrombie

Born

in Lancaster, England, The United Kingdom

December 31, 1974

Website

http://www.joeabercrombie.com/

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Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Joe Abercrombie was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Manchester University, where he studied psychology. He moved into television production before taking up a career as a freelance film editor. During a break between jobs he began writing The Blade Itself in 2002, completing it in 2004. It was published by Gollancz in 2006 and was followed by two other books in The First Law trilogy, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings. He currently lives and works in London with his wife and daughter. In early 2008 Joe Abercrombie was one of the contributors to the BBC Worlds of Fantasy series, alongside other contributors such as Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett and China Mieville. ...more

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Progress Report October ’24

Ah, the year draws to a close, the leaves fall, and one’s thoughts start to turn to all that has, and has not, been achieved over the past 12 months…

The actual text of The Devils has been finished for some time, and indeed Advance Reader Copies both physical and electronic are working their way out into the world, but the physical book is starting to take final shape, which includes revealing some

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Joe Abercrombie’s books

Average rating: 4.27 · 1,182,627 ratings · 77,433 reviews · 129 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 266,447 ratings — published 2006 — 133 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
	Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 186,471 ratings — published 2007 — 131 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
	Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 172,130 ratings — published 2008 — 30 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
	Best Served Cold 4.23 avg rating — 97,682 ratings — published 2009 — 87 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 Heroes 4.34 avg rating — 66,585 ratings — published 2011 — 94 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
	Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 68,341 ratings — published 2014 — 81 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
	Red Country 4.31 avg rating — 56,810 ratings — published 2012 — 62 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
	A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 48,479 ratings — published 2019 — 4 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
	Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 41,472 ratings — published 2015 — 73 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 Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2) 4.60 avg rating — 35,533 ratings — published 2020 — 45 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

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Series by Joe Abercrombie

First Law World (11 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.32 avg rating — 999,199 ratings

The First Law (3 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.28 avg rating — 660,185 ratings

Shattered Sea (3 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.05 avg rating — 144,231 ratings

The Age of Madness (3 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.53 avg rating — 116,427 ratings

The First Law Comics (4 books)
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Joe Abercrombie,

Chuck Dixon (Goodreads Author),

Andie Tong,

Pete Pantazis

4.41 avg rating — 2,459 ratings

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Few things compare to the electric anticipation of the next entry in a series you're obsessed with–you get to drop back into worlds your...

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