Belgarath the Sorcerer
- 661
- Pages
- about 12 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Belgarath the Sorcerer” is a prequel written for readers who already love “The Belgariad”: the old sorcerer’s life story, told at length. Some fans prize it for the history it fills in; some who arrive without the earlier books find the plot hard to care about, yet still warm to Belgarath and his two very different daughters. At over six hundred and fifty pages, it makes most sense once the main series has been read.
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About the book
Belgarath the Sorcerer is a fantasy novel by American writers David Eddings and Leigh Eddings. Set in the same universe as the Eddings' The Belgariad and The Malloreon, it is a prequel to the other series, although the framework story is set after the events of The Malloreon.
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7.87.8 / 10 - Polgara the Sorceress
7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 233 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 25 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 208 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is Belgarath the Sorcerer?
It has 661 pages — longer than 68% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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