Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian

Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian

E. L. James

First published 2015Original language EN

7.27.2 / 10
Score out of 10145 ratingsConfidence 50%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
576
Pages
about 11 h
Reading time
  • NYT bestseller · 13 weeks on the list, peaked at #1

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Our view

“Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian” speaks to readers who already know the story and want the other side of it. This erotic romance of 576 pages retells it through Christian’s eyes. Some readers enjoy it more than the original books and feel it adds meaning to them; others value the glimpses of his childhood and find the rest short of their hopes.

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About the book

Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey As Told by Christian, also referred to as Grey, is a 2015 erotic romance by British author E. L. James. It is the fourth installment in the Fifty Shades series, which had its start as fanfiction.

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Reading order · Fifty Shades

Full order & progress →
Score per volume6 volumes on a timeline, 2011 to 2021 · Best-rated volume: Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian
  1. Fifty Shades of Grey
    Fifty Shades of Grey2011 · 1,426 ratingsStart here
    6.16.1 / 10
  2. Fifty Shades Darker
    Fifty Shades Darker2012 · 593 ratings
    6.66.6 / 10
  3. Fifty Shades Freed
    Fifty Shades Freed2012 · 540 ratings
    6.56.5 / 10
  4. Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian
    Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian2015 · 145 ratingsThis book
    7.27.2 / 10
  5. Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian
    Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian2017 · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  6. Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian
    Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian2021 · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

Where the score comes from

The sources average 6.7 across 145 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 50% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.6. That is how 7.2 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.410 7%
Google Books9.010 7%
Hardcover6.4125 86%

Frequently asked

How long is Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian?

It has 576 pages — longer than 83% of the ranked books in Romance.

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