His Dark Materials
British novelist, born 1946.
His Dark Materials is a 1995 novel by Philip Pullman.
In fantasy, coming of age
On 3 of the 20 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Philip Pullman
- First published
- 1995
- Length
- 1360 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Fantasy, Adventure, Religion and faith, Coming of age
Is His Dark Materials worth reading?
3 of the 20 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The Big Read top 100 (BBC) and 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 79 | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 3 | See the list |
Best edition of His Dark Materials
The edition we link to is the Scholastic paperback (2018), 1360 pages.
- Publisher
- Scholastic (paperback, 2018)
- Pages
- 1360
- ISBN
- 9781407188997
How critics, prizes and readers rate His Dark Materials
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 20% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 17% on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like His Dark Materials
If you liked His Dark Materials, try The Lord of the Rings, Never Let Me Go or Lord of the Flies.
