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From the author of Shadow and Bone, now a hit NETFLIX series.
The smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.
"The best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people.... Impossible to put down." —Stephen King
"Bardugo’s latest is a must-listen, introducing a haunting, Yale-based occult world populated with gloriously complicated characters.... A win-win-win, honestly." —Paste, best audiobooks of 2019
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?
Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
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"Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House rocked my world. I could not get enough of sinewy, ghost-haunted Alex Stern, a heroine for the ages. With a bruised heart and bleeding knuckles, she risks death and damnation — again and again — for the people she cares about. I was cheering her on the whole way: from the first brilliant sentence of this book to the last. More, please, Ms. Bardugo."
— Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2
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“With an aura of both enchantment and authenticity, Bardugo’s compulsively readable novel leaves a portal ajar for equally dazzling sequels.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review) -
"Ninth House is the best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people. Bardugo’s imaginative reach is brilliant, and this story—full of shocks and twists—is impossible to put down.
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Ninth House is one of the best fantasy novels I’ve read in years. This book is brilliant, funny, raw and utterly magnificent — it's a portal to a world you’ll never want to leave.
— Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians -
Ninth House is the best thing I’ve read in a long time. There’s so much magic here that you'll begin to feel it seeping into the room around you as you read, and characters so real you ’ll practically hear their voices in your ear. Leigh Bardugo has written a book so delicious, so twisty, and so immersive I wouldn’t blame you for taking the day off to finish it.
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In this mesmerizing novel, Leigh Bardugo introduces us to Alex, a high-school dropout who gets a free ride to Yale because of a unique talent. Bardugo's New Haven is plausible and frightening, and I was one rapt reader.
— Charlaine Harris, bestselling author of the True Blood series -
With an aura of both enchantment and authenticity, Bardugo's compulsively readable novel leaves a portal ajar for equally dazzling sequels.
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"Atmospheric...Part mystery, part story of a young woman finding purpose in a dark world.
— Booklist (starred review) -
Genuinely terrific....The worldbuilding is rock solid, the plot is propulsive, and readers will be clamoring for a sequel as soon as they read the last page.
— Library Journal (starred review) -
Excellent....Bardugo gives [her protagonist] a thoroughly engaging mix of rough edge, courage and cynicism.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Awards
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An October 2019 LibraryReads Pick
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New York Times bestseller
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A #1 Amazon.com bestseller in Occult Horror
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month
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The 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards Winner in Fantasy
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A 2020 Audie Award Finalist for Best Fantasy Narration
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A BookPage Top Pick of Audiobooks
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Finalist for the Locus Award
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Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award
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Among longlisted titles for NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing, 2019
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Among longlisted titles for NPR Best Book of the Year, 2019
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Among shortlisted titles for Locus Awards - Nominee, 2020
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2019
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Among longlisted titles for NYPL Best Books of the Year, 2019
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Winner of Goodreads Choice Awards, 2019
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Among longlisted titles for NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing, 2019
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Among longlisted titles for NPR Best Book of the Year, 2019
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Among shortlisted titles for Locus Awards - Nominee, 2020
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2019
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Among longlisted titles for NYPL Best Books of the Year, 2019
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Winner of Goodreads Choice Awards, 2019
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About Leigh Bardugo
Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the Grishaverse, now a Netflix series. She is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.
About the Narrators
Lauren Fortgang, a graduate of Fordham University’s Theater Program, is an actress, costume designer, and narrator. She has recorded everything from video games to textbooks. Her audiobook narrations have earned AudioFile Earphones Awards and placed her as a finalist for an Audie Award in 2014.
Michael David Axtell is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.