#178 in Adventure
Armada
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #4
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About the book
Armada is a science fiction novel by Ernest Cline, published on July 14, 2015 by Crown Publishing Group. The story follows a teenager who plays an online video game about defending against an alien invasion, only to find out that the game is a simulator to prepare him and people around the world for defending against an actual alien invasion.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.7 across 916 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 86% of the weight and the score stays at 6.9 — the Adventure average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.5 | 49 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 6.7 | 867 | 95% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“Given how much I loved Ready Player One, I had extremely high hopes coming into this read. I appreciate that E.C. was trying to stick to a similar theme, but the entire plot seemed so over the top, and far fetched, that I just never…”
Frequently asked
How long is Armada?
It has 384 pages — shorter than 63% of the ranked books in Adventure.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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