Alvin Journeyman

Alvin Journeyman

Orson Scott Card

First published 1995Original language EN

7.67.6 / 10
Score out of 1080 ratingsConfidence 35%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
416
Pages
about 8 h
Reading time
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

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About the book

Alvin Journeyman (1995) is an alternate history/fantasy novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. It is the fourth book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker series and is about Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son. Alvin Journeyman won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1996.

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Reading order · The Tales of Alvin Maker

Full order & progress →
Score per volume7 volumes on a timeline, 1987 to 2003 · Best-rated volume: Red Prophet
  1. Seventh Son
    Seventh Son1987 · 134 ratingsStart here
    7.67.6 / 10
  2. Red Prophet
    Red Prophet1988 · 105 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  3. Prentice Alvin
    Prentice Alvin1989 · 78 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  4. Alvin Journeyman
    Alvin Journeyman1995 · 80 ratingsThis book
    7.67.6 / 10
  5. Heartfire
    Heartfire1998 · 63 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  6. The Crystal City
    The Crystal City2003 · 58 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  7. Master Alvin
    Master Alvin · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

Where the score comes from

The sources average 6.9 across 80 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 35% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.6 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.210 13%
Hardcover6.770 88%

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