The Luminous Dead
- 375
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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About the book
The Luminous Dead is a 2019 sci-fi horror novel written by Caitlin Starling and is her first published novel. The book was released to positive reviews from critics and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 204 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 57% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 204 | 100% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“I wanted to love this one but really it was too long and one note for me. It was very long, and the situation was pretty much the same for like 75% of the book and the character alternated between the same 3 states of…”
Frequently asked
How long is The Luminous Dead?
It has 375 pages — shorter than 65% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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