#49 in Thriller
The Peripheral
- 512
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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About the book
The Peripheral is a 2014 science fiction mystery-thriller novel by William Gibson set in near- and post-apocalyptic versions of the future. The story focuses on a young rural-town American woman who lives in the near future, and on a London publicist who lives 70 years thereafter. Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same world. A television series adaptation of The Peripheral, produced by Amazon, began streaming in October 2022.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 373 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 72% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 41 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 332 | 89% |
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How long is The Peripheral?
It has 512 pages — longer than 65% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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