#172 in Romance
The Selection
- 329
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Selection” is light, fast romance in a dystopian costume: a royal setting, a love triangle that holds the interest, and a few pointed remarks on privilege along the way. Some readers find the world behind it thinly imagined, and those who want their dystopias worked out in detail may be unimpressed. Taken as easy entertainment and the opening of a longer series, it does its job well.
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About the book
The Selection is a young adult novel by Kiera Cass first published on April 14, 2012, by HarperCollins. It is the first in a five-book series, followed by The Elite (2013), The One (2014), The Heir (2015) and The Crown. The last two take place twenty years after the events in the first three.
Reading order · The Selection Series
Full order & progress →- The SelectionThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - The Elite
7.27.2 / 10 - The One
–Not ranked yet - The Heir
7.17.1 / 10 - The CrownThe Crown–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 945 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 7.6 — the Romance average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 74 | 8% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 59 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 812 | 86% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Selection for?
The Selection 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. It has 329 pages — shorter than 82% of the ranked books in Romance.
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