#20 in Thriller
The Fuller Memorandum
- 320
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Fuller Memorandum” takes “The Laundry Files” somewhere darker: a spy story where office routine meets cultists and Lovecraftian horror. Readers still find it funny, even if the jokes recede near the climax, as some note. Others rate the taut first two thirds above the finale or call the plot predictable. It builds on the world and manner of the two earlier books.
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About the book
View our feature on Charles Stross' The Fuller Memorandum. National bestselling author Charles Stross brings back Bob Howard-"a British super spy with a long-term girlfriend, no fashion sense, and an aversion to martinis" (San Francisco Chronicle) Bob Howard is taking a much needed break from the field to catch up on his filing in The Laundry's archives when a top secret dossier known as The Fuller Memorandum vanishes-along with his boss, who the agency's executives believe stole the file. Determined to discover exactly what the memorandum contained, Bob runs afoul of Russian agents, ancient demons, and the apostles of a hideous faith, who have plans to raise a very unpleasant undead entity known as the Eater of Souls...
Reading order · The Laundry Files
Full order & progress →- The Atrocity ArchivesStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - The Jennifer Morgue
7.87.8 / 10 - The Fuller MemorandumThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - The Apocalypse Codex
8.08.0 / 10 - The Rhesus Chart
7.97.9 / 10 - The Annihilation Score
7.87.8 / 10 - The Nightmare Stacks
7.87.8 / 10 - The Delirium Brief
8.18.1 / 10 - The Labyrinth Index
7.97.9 / 10 - Dead Lies Dreaming
7.97.9 / 10 - Quantum of Nightmares
–Not ranked yet - Season of Skulls
–Not ranked yet - A Conventional BoyA Conventional Boy–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 189 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 56% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 23 | 12% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 5 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 161 | 85% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Fuller Memorandum?
It has 320 pages — shorter than 92% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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