The Akhenaten Adventure

#114 in Adventure

The Akhenaten Adventure

Philip Kerr

First published 2004

7.77.7 / 10
Score out of 1061 ratingsConfidence 29%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#114 of 180 in Adventure ahead of 37% of the category
355
Pages
about 7 h
Reading time

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About the book

The Akhenaten Adventure is a novel by the Scottish writer P.B. Kerr. It is the first book of the Children of the Lamp series. It tells the story of John and Philippa Gaunt and their adventures when they find that they are djinn, or mystical genies. The book was on the New York Times Best Seller list for children's books and received generally favorable reviews. The novel's sequel is The Blue Djinn of Babylon, the second book in the seven part series.

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Reading order · Children of the Lamp

Full order & progress →
  1. The Akhenaten Adventure
    The Akhenaten Adventure2004 · 61 ratingsThis book
    7.77.7 / 10
  2. The Blue Djinn of Babylon
    The Blue Djinn of Babylon2005 · 41 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  3. The Cobra King of Kathmandu
    The Cobra King of Kathmandu2006 · 27 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  4. The Day of the Djinn Warriors
    The Day of the Djinn Warriors2007 · 21 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  5. The Eye of the Forest
    The Eye of the Forest2009 · 14 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.4 across 61 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 7.7 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.461 100%

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How long is The Akhenaten Adventure?

It has 355 pages — shorter than 56% of the ranked books in Adventure.

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