#44 in Science fiction
Nona the Ninth
- 480
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #9
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Our view
“Nona the Ninth” returns to the strange world of “The Locked Tomb”, and Muir’s worldbuilding remains its chief pleasure. She blends dark material with humour; the frustration, for some readers, is having to piece together what actually happened from scattered hints. Third in the series, with a further volume to come, it cannot be followed without the first two.
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About the book
Nona the Ninth is a 2022 science fantasy novel by the New Zealand writer Tamsyn Muir. It is the third book in her The Locked Tomb series, after Gideon the Ninth (2019) and Harrow the Ninth (2020), with Alecto the Ninth to follow.
Reading order · Locked Tomb series
Full order & progress →- Gideon the NinthStart here
8.28.2 / 10 - Harrow the Ninth
8.38.3 / 10 - Nona the NinthThis book
8.48.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 566 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 79% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 13 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 553 | 98% |
Frequently asked
How long is Nona the Ninth?
It has 480 pages — shorter than 61% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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