The Furthest Station

#41 in Urban fantasy

The Furthest Station

Ben Aaronovitch

Original language EN

7.97.9 / 10
Score out of 10142 ratingsConfidence 49%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#41 of 45 in Urban fantasy ahead of 9% of the category

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Our view

“The Furthest Station” fits the “Rivers of London” mix of police work and magic neatly into a novella about ghosts on the Underground. Some readers single out the irreverent voice and the familiar characters; the resolution strikes others as a little rushed. It sits between the fifth and sixth novels and, by some accounts, leans little on earlier events.

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About the book

The Furthest Station is a novella in the Peter Grant series by English author Ben Aaronovitch. The novella is set after the fifth but before the sixth novel in the series.

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Reading order · Rivers of London

Full order & progress →
7.58.08.5
7.58.08.5
Score per volume11 volumes on a timeline, 2011 to 2025 · Best-rated volume: Foxglove Summer
  1. Rivers of London
    Rivers of London2011 · 816 ratingsStart here
    7.87.8 / 10
  2. Moon Over Soho
    Moon Over Soho2011 · 459 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  3. Whispers Under Ground
    Whispers Under Ground2012 · 22 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  4. Broken Homes
    Broken Homes2013 · 355 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  5. Foxglove Summer
    Foxglove Summer2014 · 327 ratings
    8.38.3 / 10
  6. The Furthest Station
    The Furthest Station · 142 ratingsThis book
    7.97.9 / 10
  7. The Hanging Tree
    The Hanging Tree · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  8. Lies Sleeping
    Lies Sleeping2018 · 236 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  9. False Value
    False Value · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  10. Amongst Our Weapons
    Amongst Our Weapons · 161 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  11. Stone and Sky
    Stone and Sky2025 · 60 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.9 across 142 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Urban fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.9142 100%

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