Light From Uncommon Stars
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- Otherwise Award
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Our view
“Light From Uncommon Stars” puts aliens and demons into one story and still feels intimate. What holds it together is its attention to people: friendship, identity and the wish to be seen. It does not look away from transphobia, racism or abuse at home, yet its mood stays hopeful. Readers who like genre fiction that refuses to pick a shelf and leads with feeling are its natural audience.
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About the book
Light from Uncommon Stars is a science fiction and fantasy novel by American author and poet Ryka Aoki. The novel won the 2021 Otherwise Award, 2022 Alex Award, and 2022 Stonewall Book Award, and was nominated for multiple other awards.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 397 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 73% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 397 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Light From Uncommon Stars?
It has 384 pages — shorter than 65% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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