To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
- 880
- Pages
- about 16 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #4
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Our view
“To Sleep in a Sea of Stars” is space opera on the grand scale, generous with aliens, war and adventure, and aimed at adults. It stands apart from Paolini’s earlier fantasy, and its 880 pages are the main demand: readers who like to settle into one long voyage get plenty. Some find the length unjustified and the human cast flat, with the mind that runs the ship the liveliest figure aboard.
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About the book
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a 2020 science fiction novel written by American author Christopher Paolini and published under the Tor imprint of Macmillan Publishers. The book is unrelated to his Inheritance Cycle series. In an interview, Paolini described the book as adult-oriented as opposed to the young adult genre of his previous books.
Reading order · Fractalverse
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7.57.5 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 532 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 78% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 20 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 512 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is To Sleep in a Sea of Stars?
It has 880 pages — longer than 98% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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