#67 in Dystopian
Delirium
- 441
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Delirium” works as a love story more than as a dystopia. Its premise, a society that treats love as an illness, is told in a lyrical style, and the central romance is plausible and has real pull. Some readers find the world thin or illogical and the pace uneven, and the ending does not please everyone. It opens a trilogy and is best read for the feelings.
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About the book
Delirium is a dystopian young adult romance novel written by Lauren Oliver, published in 2011 by HarperCollins under its HarperTeen division. The story focuses on a young woman, Lena Haloway, who falls in love in a society where love is seen as a disease. Delirium is the first novel in a trilogy, followed by Pandemonium (2012), and Requiem (2013).
Reading order · Delirium (series)
Full order & progress →- DeliriumThis book
7.47.4 / 10 - Pandemonium
7.77.7 / 10 - Requiem
7.27.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 450 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 75% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Dystopian average of 7.7. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Books | 9.0 | 11 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 439 | 98% |
Frequently asked
What age is Delirium for?
Delirium 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 441 pages — longer than 72% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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