#179 in Young adult
Northern Lights
- 410
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- Film 2007
- On screen
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About the book
Northern Lights is a young-adult fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, published in 1995 by Scholastic UK. Set in a parallel universe, it follows the journey of Lyra Belacqua to the Arctic in search of her missing friend, Roger Parslow, and Lord Asriel, who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as "Dust".
Reading order · His Dark Materials
Full order & progress →- Northern LightsThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - The Subtle Knife
8.28.2 / 10 - The Amber Spyglass
8.08.0 / 10
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- FilmThe Golden CompassIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 228 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 228 | 100% |
Frequently asked
What age is Northern Lights for?
Northern Lights 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 410 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Young adult.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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