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Benjamin Liar

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Born

Painesville, Ohio, The United States

Website

https://www.benjaminliar.com/

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy

Member Since

April 2016

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Benjamin Liar is a writer, musician, filmmaker and game designer. He has been writing for most of his life, but The Failures is his first published novel. He has performed his music under many names and in many places and recently published a virtual reality game. His name is clearly a pseudonym, but you still shouldn’t trust anything he says.

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Average rating: 4.09 · 997 ratings · 251 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Failures (The Wanderlands, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 991 ratings — published 2024 — 9 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 Failures (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Wanderlands 1 (Wanderlands) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	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 Failures (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Wanderlands 1 (Wanderlands) by Benjamin Liar (Goodreads Author), Scott McCormick (Goodreads Author) (reader), Jenna Sharpe (reader) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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 Failures (Part 2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation): The Wanderlands, Book 1 by Benjamin Liar (Goodreads Author), Aure Nash (Narrator), Torian Brackett (Narrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Benjamin Liar

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Benjamin Liar and 2 other people liked Victor Tanasa's review of The Failures (The Wanderlands, #1): "Fucking awesome. Still mad about Mr. Vutch. Eagerly waiting for book #2."
Jul 25, 2025 12:07PM · see review
Benjamin Liar and 2 other people liked Sharilyn's review of The Failures (The Wanderlands, #1): "4.5/5 What an incredible story. We have multiple characters & groups & POVs in a quite literally dying world all racing against a clock to fulfill their goals. An intricately and masterfully woven blend of action, worldbuilding, and character developm" Read more of this review »
Jul 25, 2025 12:07PM · see review
Benjamin Liar and 2 other people liked ThaGenius2012's review of The Failures (The Wanderlands, #1): "This was honestly one of the best books I have read in a long time. (And I read a lot of good books!). I fell in love with the world and characters. And the setting is very unique. I really don’t want to say too much about the book because I don’t wa" Read more of this review »
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“A smart man can be twice the fool of anyone else, and it'll take him ten times longer to realize it.”
― Benjamin Liar, The Failures

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“Duty, his father said often, was a thing that only grew heavier when you set it down.”
― Benjamin Liar, The Failures

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“Any utopia founded on the assumption that people will suddenly stop being selfish, irrational monkeys is a fool's dream.”
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