A Wind in the Door
- 211
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“A Wind in the Door” is a short, adventurous companion to “A Wrinkle in Time” whose science fantasy ranges from outer space to the microscopic. Family and school share the stage with a struggle against far larger forces, told lightly in just over two hundred pages. Some readers devoted to the earlier book find this one harder to embrace, frustrated by the leaps of scale and by an ending that leaves much unexplained.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
A Wind in the Door is a young adult science fantasy novel by American author Madeleine L'Engle. It is a companion book to A Wrinkle in Time and part of the Time Quintet.
Reading order · Time Quintet
Full order & progress →- A Wrinkle in TimeStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - A Wind in the DoorThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - A Swiftly Tilting Planet
7.77.7 / 10 - Many Waters
7.77.7 / 10 - An Acceptable Time
7.67.6 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 289 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 66% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 28 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 261 | 90% |
Frequently asked
What age is A Wind in the Door for?
A Wind in the Door sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 211 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Classics.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Classics — with scores between 7.4 and 8.6, closest to this book.
