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Ninth House
Ninth House (Related to this series)
- Author
- Leigh Bardugo
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 8 October 2019
- Run Time
- 16 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Dark fantasy, Occult fiction / Paranormal Horror, Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FANTASY OF 2019
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF OCTOBER 2019
A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST
IN DEVELOPMENT FOR TELEVISION WITH AMAZON STUDIOS
BY THE BESTSELLING CREATOR OF THE GRISHAVERSE
AND THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES SHADOW AND BONE
STEP INTO THE WORLD OF NINTH HOUSE
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Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime, Alex was hoping for a fresh start. But a free ride to one of the world's most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch.
Alex has been tasked with monitoring the mysterious activities of Yale's secret societies - well-known haunts of the rich and powerful. Now there's a dead girl on campus and Alex seems to be the only person who won't accept the neat answer the police and campus administration have come up with for her murder.
Because Alex knows the secret societies are far more sinister and extraordinary than anyone ever imagined. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And sometimes they prey on the living . . .
'One of the best fantasy novels I've read in years' LEV GROSSMAN
'Ninth House rocked my world' JOE HILL
'I wouldn't blame you for taking the day off to finish it' KELLY LINK
'Mesmerising' CHARLAINE HARRIS
'Compulsively readable' KIRKUS
'Atmospheric' BOOKLIST
'The fantasy novel of the year' THE I
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Leigh Bardugo's book 'Ninth House' was a No. 7 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 14-10-2019.
Leigh Bardugo's book 'Hell Bent' was a No. 2 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 09-01-2023.
Critics Review
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Ninth House is the best fantasy novel I've read in years, because it's about real people. Bardugo's imaginative reach is brilliant, and this story, full of shocks and twists, is impossible to put down
Stephen King
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Ninth House is one of the best fantasy novels I've read in years. This book is brilliant, funny, raw and utterly magnificent - it's a portal to a world you'll never want to leave
Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians
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Ninth House is the best thing I've read in a long time. There's so much magic here that you'll begin to feel it seeping into the room around you as you read, and characters so real you 'll practically hear their voices in your ear. Leigh Bardugo has written a book so delicious, so twisty, and so immersive I wouldn't blame you for taking the day off to finish it
Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners and Get in Trouble
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Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House rocked my world. I could not get enough of sinewy, ghost-haunted Alex Stern, a heroine for the ages. With a bruised heart and bleeding knuckles, she risks death and damnation ? again and again ? for the people she cares about. I was cheering her on the whole way: from the first brilliant sentence of this book to the last. More, please, Ms. Bardugo
Joe Hill
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In this mesmerizing novel, Leigh Bardugo introduces us to Alex, a high-school dropout who gets a free ride to Yale because of a unique talent. Bardugo's New Haven is plausible and frightening, and I was one rapt reader
Charlaine Harris
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The worldbuilding is rock solid, the plot is propulsive, and readers will be clamoring for a sequel as soon as they read the last page
Library Journal (full starred review)
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Fantasy readers, particularly those who love ghosts, will hungrily devour this novel
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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The fantasy novel of the year
The I
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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my first foray into fantasy in a little while - what a way to get back on the train!! i loved the plot and the characters, and you really won't be able to tell what happens next!
indigobel 2025-01-23
Details
- Author
- Leigh Bardugo
- Narrator
- Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
- Duration
- 16 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 October 2019
- ISBN
- 9781473228009
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Dark fantasy, Occult fiction / Paranormal Horror, Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
'Impossible to put down' STEPHEN KING__________________THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTHE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FANTASY OF 2019AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF OCTOBER 2019A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALISTIN DEVELOPMENT FOR TELEVISION WITH AMAZON STUDIOSBY THE BESTSELLING CREATOR OF THE GRISHAVERSEAND THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES SHADOW AND BONESTEP INTO THE WORLD OF NINTH HOUSE__________________Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime, Alex was hoping for a fresh start. But a free ride to one of the world's most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch.Alex has been tasked with monitoring the mysterious activities of Yale's secret societies - well-known haunts of the rich and powerful. Now there's a dead girl on campus and Alex seems to be the only person who won't accept the neat answer the police and campus administration have come up with for her murder.Because Alex knows the secret societies are far more sinister and extraordinary than anyone ever imagined. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And sometimes they prey on the living . . .'One of the best fantasy novels I've read in years' LEV GROSSMAN'Ninth House rocked my world' JOE HILL'I wouldn't blame you for taking the day off to finish it' KELLY LINK'Mesmerising' CHARLAINE HARRIS'Compulsively readable' KIRKUS'Atmospheric' BOOKLIST'The fantasy novel of the year' THE I__________________Leigh Bardugo's book 'Ninth House' was a No. 7 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 14-10-2019.Leigh Bardugo's book 'Hell Bent' was a No. 2 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 09-01-2023.
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