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Ninth House

Written by: Leigh Bardugo
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
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Publisher's Summary

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.

©2019 Leigh Bardugo (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

What the critics say

2019, Goodreads Choice Awards, Winner

2019, NPR Best Book of the Year, Long-listed

2019, Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, Long-listed

2019, NYPL Best Books of the Year, Long-listed

2020, Locus Awards, Short-listed

"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 best-selling author of NOS4A2)

"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." (Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners and Get in Trouble)

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All I can say is.. WHEN is the next one!?

The beginning absolutely hooked me and I was addicted for a few chapters. I feel out of it for a bit I the middle hence the 4/5 stars, but then got sucked back in so fast! Ended up lovingggg this and I just want more Darlington. SOS the next can’t come soon enough

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The Dead Will Rise!

This is a fantastic book and the narrators are amazing. I’m a new Audible member and this was my first book. I AM HOOKED. Here’s to the undead: 5 gold stars!

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Great story line

loved this story though there was another book but I guess I will have to wait. liked the narrator. Gave it a four.

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So good!

I loved this book! I wasn’t sure when I first started it, but as soon as I got into the second chapter I couldn’t stop listening. I finished it in three days and now I’m desperately looking for more of the authors books! I highly recommend this book!

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Loved

I read in it one sitting. Being familiar with the locations added another depth. Thoroughly enjoyed.

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Dark and delightful

Ninth House leaves you hanging on every word. Obviously Lauren Fortgang is spectacular throughout. The main character is so relatable and the mysteries of secret societies had me googling what was fact and what was fiction.

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Worth the struggle for all the surprises

Struggled to get into it. So confusing
Didn't realize until 60% through that the story switches back and forth from present to past.
It all wraps up in the very end and is very cool. Many surprises.

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The best mix of mystery, the unknown, and thrills!

While at first Ninth House may seem confusing, the web Bardugo weaves between Yale’s secret societies, ghosts (greys), and a character struggling to accept her own trauma and gifts creates an exceptionally thrilling and exciting piece of literature! So much fun to read and the setting truly comes to life in this audio adaptation.

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Absolutely fantastic!

This novel by Leigh Bardugo is so good that I actually went out and purchased the paper copy of the book to read right after I finished listening to the audiobook. Spectacularly narrated, with a plot that grips you from start to finish, this book isn't one to be missed. I'd highly recommend this book, even if you're unfamiliar with Bardugo's YA works.

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A surprise

I went into this book without knowing anything about it. Not even the premise. So I didn't know what to expect at all. I'm also new to this author. I must say this book was well done. I deeply enjoyed it, I would highly recommend it. Go for it!

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