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Josiah Bancroft

Born

in The United States

March 29, 1978

Website

http://www.thebooksofbabel.com

Genre

Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Before settling down to write fantasy novels, Josiah Bancroft was a poet, college instructor, and aspiring comic book artist. When he is not writing, he enjoys recording the Crit Faced podcast with his authorial friends, drawing the world of the Tower, and cooking dinner without a recipe. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Sharon, their daughter Maddie, and their two rabbits, Mabel and Chaplin.

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One Last Chance to Win a Special Edition of The Hod King!

For a chance to win a Subterranean Press Special Edition of The Hod King, share your favorite quote from any of The Books of Babel in the comments below.

One winner will be chosen at random. Contest spans several platforms. One entry per person, please. Open to everyone, everywhere.

Closes midnight (EST) July 18.

EDIT: The randomly drawn winner of the Sub Press special edition of The Hod King is @mrd Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 14, 2021 06:28 • Tags: giveaway, senlin-ascends, sub-press, the-books-of-babel, the-hod-king

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Josiah Bancroft’s books

Average rating: 4.17 · 81,460 ratings · 10,796 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 33,725 ratings — published 2013 — 37 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
	Arm of the Sphinx (The Books of Babel, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 17,491 ratings — published 2014 — 26 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 Hod King (The Books of Babel, #3) 4.44 avg rating — 13,535 ratings — published 2019 — 17 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 Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,783 ratings — published 2021 — 17 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 Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 6,987 ratings — published 2023 — 11 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 Tangle of Time (The Hexologists, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 2025 — 6 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 Small Hands of Chokedamp 3.90 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2023	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
	An Empyreal Retinue by Josiah Bancroft, Todd Kidd (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2023 — 3 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
	Arm of the Sphinx, Part 1: The Stone Cloud (The Books of Babel #2, Part 1) 4.52 avg rating — 33 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
	Short Stories & Vignettes from the Babel-verse 4.03 avg rating — 30 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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Series by Josiah Bancroft

The Books of Babel (4 books)
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Josiah Bancroft

4.20 avg rating — 73,692 ratings

The Hexologists (2 books)
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Josiah Bancroft

3.83 avg rating — 7,691 ratings

You can't boldly go anywhere if you only stick with what's familiar. Imagine if Frodo Baggins had stayed home or if Ender had...

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