The Prince of Mist

#106 in Horror

The Prince of Mist

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

First published 1993Original language ESYoung adult

7.67.6 / 10
Score out of 10121 ratingsConfidence 45%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#106 of 200 in Horror ahead of 47% of the category

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About the book

The Prince of Mist is a 1993 mystery and horror young adult novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. It was initially published in Spanish by Editorial Planeta and later in an English translation by Lucia Graves by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in 2010. The Prince of Mist was Zafón's first novel.

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  1. The Prince of Mist
    The Prince of Mist1993 · 121 ratingsThis book
    7.67.6 / 10
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Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.5 across 121 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 45% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.6 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.5121 100%

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The Prince of Mist sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating.

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