The Knight and the Moth
by Rachel Gillig
★ Top 25 book of 2025 · #20 on Best Books of 2025
Sybil Delling spent nine years in a great cathedral as a Diviner, a foundling girl who receives visions in her dreams, wishing for no dreams at all. Her service is nearly done, and the visions are not finished with her.
Best for: Readers who like gothic, atmospheric fantasy.
The Knight and the Moth is #10 on BookWard's Rising chart for October 2026: the hottest new books published in the past two years.
Why The Knight and the Moth is on the Rising chart
Its Wikipedia page had 9,166 views last month, up 77% on the two months before. The Rising score blends six public signals, each scored from 0 to 100 against the other new books and weighted as shown.
| Signal | This book | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reader pace | 43 | 28% |
| Buzz | 70 | 24% |
| Growth | 81 | 18% |
| Being read right now | 43 | 12% |
| Reader love | 76 | 10% |
| Newness | 65 | 8% |
Rising Wikipedia attention is up 25% or more on the two months before.
The numbers behind it
- Wikipedia: 9,166 page views last month, against an average of 5,186 in the two months before (up 77%). Read the article.
- Open Library readers: 51 want to read, 0 reading now, 5 have read it.
- Ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 5 Open Library ratings.
The Knight and the Moth on the Rising chart: history
First on the chart this month. The history grows with every monthly update.
| Month | Rank | Score |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | #10 | 62 |
The Knight and the Moth on the Best Books of 2025
The Knight and the Moth came out in 2025. Of the 30 books first published in 2025 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #20 on our Best Books of 2025 list.
Why it made the list: 300 readers have shelved it on Open Library; its Wikipedia page averaged 6,512 views a month recently. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2025 list
- Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall, #18
- The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai, #19
- Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor, #21
- Beautiful Ugly Alice Feeney, #22
See all Best Books of 2025 Best books by year
More years: Best Books of 2024.
Questions about The Knight and the Moth
Is The Knight and the Moth a new book?
Yes. The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig was first published in 2025, and BookWard's Rising chart only includes books published in the past two years.
Why is The Knight and the Moth on the Rising chart?
Its Wikipedia page had 9,166 views last month, up 77% on the two months before.
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Prefer proven favorites? See the Top 100, or all Rising books.
How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views. The description is paraphrased from real source text (Open Library or Wikipedia). A book is on the Rising chart only if it was published in 2025 or 2026 and its readers are active and its interest is not falling. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales. Read the full methodology.
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