The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
- 416
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- Locus Award for Best First Novel
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Our view
“The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms” builds something of its own from familiar parts: an outcast heir, a scheming court, a world thick with gods. Its strength lies in the mythology and in a ruling family that is properly frightening. Readers who want battles and momentum may find it slow to take hold; this debut, the first of a trilogy, runs on intrigue and atmosphere.
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About the book
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a fantasy novel by American writer N. K. Jemisin, the first book of The Inheritance Trilogy. Jemisin's debut novel, it was published by Orbit Books in 2010. It won the 2011 Locus Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for the World Fantasy, Hugo, and Nebula awards, among others. Its sequel, The Broken Kingdoms, came out later that year.
Reading order · The Inheritance Trilogy
Full order & progress →- The Hundred Thousand KingdomsThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - The Broken Kingdoms
8.08.0 / 10 - The Kingdom of Gods
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 501 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 77% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 31 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 470 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms?
It has 416 pages — shorter than 73% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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