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Ninth House

Ninth House (Book 1)

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'Impossible to put down' STEPHEN KING


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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

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
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
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
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
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
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)
Fantasy readers, particularly those who love ghosts, will hungrily devour this novel
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The fantasy novel of the year
The I

User Reviews

Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
Author Leigh Bardugo
Narrator Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
Series Ninth House
Duration 16 hours and 21 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473228009
Format Audiobook
Publisher Orion
Genre Dark fantasy, Horror and supernatural fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Occult fiction
Collections #BookTok, Dark Academia
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
5.0 (1 review)
Narration
5.0 (1 review)

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