#168 in Science fiction
Ancillary Justice
- 422
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- Hugo Award for Best Novel
- Nebula Award for Best Novel
- Arthur C. Clarke Award
- Locus Award for Best First Novel
- BSFA Award for Best Novel
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work
- Bob Morane award for best foreign novel
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Our view
“Ancillary Justice” builds a space opera around an unusual narrator: Breq is what remains of a starship’s artificial mind, the only survivor of its destruction, and she wants vengeance on her civilisation’s ruler. That premise gives the book its darkness and its emotional weight, and those who respond to it can respond strongly. The first volume of a trilogy, for readers who like science fiction told from a truly non-human point of view.
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About the book
Ancillary Justice is a science fiction (SF) novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in 2013. It is Leckie's debut novel and the first in her Imperial Radch space opera trilogy, followed by Ancillary Sword (2014) and Ancillary Mercy (2015). The novel follows Breq—who is both the sole survivor of a starship destroyed by treachery and the vessel of that ship's artificial consciousness—as she seeks revenge against the ruler of her civilization.
Reading order · Imperial Radch
Full order & progress →- Ancillary JusticeThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - Ancillary Sword
8.08.0 / 10 - Ancillary Mercy
8.28.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 1,231 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 89% of the weight and the score stays at 8.1 — the Science fiction average of 7.8 barely moves it. A further +0.20 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 72 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 1.2K | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Ancillary Justice?
It has 422 pages — shorter than 55% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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