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The Hands of the Emperor

Book · Fantasy books · 16 mentions · 2 subreddits · discussed in r/Fantasy, r/suggestmeabook

Reddit take

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Pros

  • Victoria Goddard. *Greenwing and Dart* series or *The Hands of the Emperor*
  • If you're open to very long books, I highly recommend [The Hands of the Emperor](https://share.google/ID8EUnwDjqkoB35LB) by Victoria Goddard! It's a beautifully written, slice of life book about the personal secretary to the emperor of t...
  • For your first paragraph, the closest I can think of is The Hands of the Emperor. Not middle-earth, but a fantasy world, and not an accountant, but a civil servant.
  • I really enjoyed both [The Hands of the Emperor and The Goblin Emperor], and I'm wondering if there are potentially more books in this category floating around.
  • The Hands of the Emperor is about a civil servant doing his job.

Cons

  • The Hands of the Emperor fits this. Very little violence, and much of the plot revolves around our protagonist trying to balance work and family life. It wasn't my favorite novel by any stretch, but it certainly has a kind-hearted prot...
  • The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard: ... Goddard is really good at the way she writes interpersonal relationships (imo), and this one deals with family and friend relationships pretty much exclusively. ... There are some repetit...

Sentiment

14 positive (88%) · 2 mixed (13%) · 0 negative (0%)

Trust + time weighted score: +88% · raw score 88%

What redditors said (10 of 16)

Victoria Goddard. *Greenwing and Dart* series or *The Hands of the Emperor*
positive · u/B****n · r/Fantasy · comment · Jan 3, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
If you're open to very long books, I highly recommend [The Hands of the Emperor](https://share.google/ID8EUnwDjqkoB35LB) by Victoria Goddard! It's a beautifully written, slice of life book about the personal secretary to the emperor of the world, with a heavy focus on platonic relationships.
positive · u/W****4 · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Dec 24, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
For your first paragraph, the closest I can think of is The Hands of the Emperor. Not middle-earth, but a fantasy world, and not an accountant, but a civil servant.
positive · u/b****n · r/Fantasy · comment · Dec 20, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I really enjoyed both [The Hands of the Emperor and The Goblin Emperor], and I'm wondering if there are potentially more books in this category floating around.
positive · u/w****n · r/Fantasy · Dec 16, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Hands of the Emperor fits this. Very little violence, and much of the plot revolves around our protagonist trying to balance work and family life. It wasn't my favorite novel by any stretch, but it certainly has a kind-hearted protagonist.
mixed · u/a****3 · r/Fantasy · comment · Dec 15, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Hands of the Emperor is about a civil servant doing his job.
positive · u/b****n · r/Fantasy · comment · Dec 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard primarily follows the secretary to the emperor, and his three best friends are other staff.
positive · u/R****6 · r/Fantasy · comment · Nov 24, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
My biggest takeaway from this post (which is excellent btw) is that I need to read *The Hands of the Emperor* and *The Dispossessed* as soon as possible.
positive · u/G****0 · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 13, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
positive · u/D****1 · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard is a briliant book about the head bureaucrat of the empire, his growing friendship with the emperor and his attempts to reform the government
positive · u/p****x · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 7, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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