Un Lun Dun
- 520
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book
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Our view
“Un Lun Dun” turns London inside out into UnLondon, a young adult fantasy remarkable for how much there is to see in it. Some readers find the human characters flat and the early chapters hard going, and warm to the book only in its second half. Miéville illustrates it himself and gives it, in Deeba, a heroine whose courage some readers especially admire.
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About the book
Un Lun Dun is a young adult fantasy novel by China Miéville, released in 2007. The title is derived from 'UnLondon,' the name of the alternate realm where the book is set. It also contains illustrations by Miéville. It was first released in January 2007. The novel also won the 2008 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 105 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 42% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 6 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 99 | 94% |
Frequently asked
What age is Un Lun Dun for?
Un Lun Dun 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 520 pages — shorter than 53% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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