#8 in Horror
House of Leaves
- 736
- Pages
- about 13 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“House of Leaves” is a horror novel that asks a great deal of its reader: more than seven hundred pages, an unconventional layout and a story told at one remove, through a scholarly study of a film. It suits readers who enjoy puzzling out a book’s form. Those who come for steady fear may find the learned frame keeps the dread at arm’s length.
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About the book
House of Leaves is the debut novel by American author Mark Z. Danielewski, published in March 2000 by Pantheon Books. A bestseller, it has been translated into a number of languages, and is followed by a companion piece, The Whalestoe Letters.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 881 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 86% of the weight and the score stays at 8.2 — the Horror average of 7.5 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 66 | 8% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 17 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 798 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is House of Leaves?
It has 736 pages — longer than 92% of the ranked books in Horror.
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