#181 in Science fiction
The Amber Spyglass
- 544
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
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Our view
The last volume of His Dark Materials is the trilogy’s most ambitious. It moves readers deeply, and its reach, taking in angels, war and first love, is rare in fiction for the young. Some find it slow in stretches, Mary’s chapters above all, and feel that several difficulties are resolved too conveniently. Read it for the emotional payoff of the first two books.
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About the book
The Amber Spyglass is the third and final novel in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. Published in 2000, it won the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year award, the first children's novel to do so. It was named Children's Book of the Year at the 2001 British Book Awards, and was the first children's book to be longlisted for the Booker Prize.
Reading order · His Dark Materials
Full order & progress →- Northern LightsStart here
7.97.9 / 10 - The Subtle Knife
8.28.2 / 10 - The Amber SpyglassThis book
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 1,436 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 91% of the weight and the score stays at 8.0 — the Science fiction average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 111 | 8% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 5 | 0% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 1.3K | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Amber Spyglass?
It has 544 pages — longer than 52% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
In this book
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