#9 in Adventure
Starsight
- 480
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
The second Skyward book tells a different kind of story from the first: a spy mission among aliens, far from the cast readers knew. Some feel it as a detour at first and miss the familiar faces, but the threads connect and the inventive alien species give the series a wider canvas. Readers who see the reveals coming may still be caught by how far they go. Best read straight after the first book.
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About the book
Starsight is a 2019 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson. It is the sequel to Skyward and second in a planned series of four books. It was published by Delacorte Press on November 26, 2019.
Reading order · Skyward series
Full order & progress →- SkywardStart here
8.78.7 / 10 - StarsightThis book
8.48.4 / 10 - Cytonic
8.08.0 / 10 - Defiant
8.38.3 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 928 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 86% of the weight and the score stays at 8.4 — the Adventure average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.9 | 28 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 900 | 97% |
Frequently asked
What age is Starsight for?
Starsight 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 480 pages — longer than 60% of the ranked books in Adventure.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Adventure — with scores between 7.6 and 8.7, closest to this book.
