#35 in Spy & espionage
Snakehead
- 406
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Alex Rider’s seventh mission, “Snakehead”, carries real weight: the teenage spy goes undercover as a refugee inside a people-smuggling ring. Some readers rate it above most of the others for the attention Anthony Horowitz pays to character, and note that its violence feels closer to real life than in earlier volumes. The trail runs from Sydney to Bangkok, in the service of the Australian government.
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About the book
Alone in Sydney, Alex Rider is recruited by the Australian government to infiltrate an organised people-smuggling ring. Working undercover as a refugee he moves to Bangkok, where he meets someone he can finally trust. But is there such a thing?
Reading order · Alex Rider
Full order & progress →- StormbreakerStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - Point Blanc
7.77.7 / 10 - Skeleton Key
7.67.6 / 10 - Eagle Strike
7.97.9 / 10 - Scorpia
7.97.9 / 10 - Ark Angel
7.77.7 / 10 - SnakeheadThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - Crocodile Tears
7.87.8 / 10 - Scorpia Rising
7.97.9 / 10 - Russian Roulette
–Not ranked yet - Never Say Die
–Not ranked yet - Secret Weapon
–Not ranked yet - Nightshade
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 151 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 51% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Spy & espionage average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 14 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 137 | 91% |
Frequently asked
What age is Snakehead for?
Snakehead sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 406 pages — longer than 78% of the ranked books in Spy & espionage.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
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