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^ 'Ninth House: Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books'.

'Leigh Bardugo Wants 'Ninth House' To 'F*ck You Up A Little' '. 'Stephen King Calls 'Ninth House' 'the Best Fantasy I've Read in Years' '. ' 'Ninth House' Keeps Watch Over Bloody Mysteries'. 'Leigh Bardugo turns Yale into a haunted, haunting fantasy world in Ninth House'.

^ Grady, Constance (October 11, 2019).

'Hell Bent? Hell yes! Read a chapter from Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House sequel'. Leigh Bardugo is set to executive produce the project alongside Pouya Shahbazian. On October 10, 2019, two days after the novel's release, it was announced Amazon Studios would adapt Ninth House as a TV series. Accolades Year-end listsīest of 2019: the 15 best books we read this year

Bardugo's imaginative reach is brilliant, and this story―full of shocks and twists―is impossible to put down.' It also received endorsements from fellow authors Lev Grossman, Kelly Link, Joe Hill, and Charlaine Harris. Anderson Mansion, built 1882 Reception Īward-winning horror author Stephen King called Ninth House 'the best fantasy novel I've read in years, because it's about real people. The 'ninth house' in the novel is based on the Anderson Mansion, the real-life New Haven headquarters of the Yale secret society Shabtai.

When her friend sent her pictures from their time at Yale years later, Bardugo was struck with memories, both pleasant and unpleasant, which inspired her to explore trauma for this novel but also companionship through it. Bardugo first became inspired upon discovering the tombs of Yale's secret societies as she walked down New Haven's Grove Street during her freshman year. The novel is Bardugo's first adult novel and, beyond the fantasy elements, is largely inspired by her time at Yale University. She attempts to navigate her new life at the Ivy League while tasked by her benefactor with monitoring the eight Houses of the Veil, secret societies that harbor dark occult magic and power, as a member of Lethe, the ninth house. Alex is mysteriously offered a full ride to university following her trauma despite her background and lack of qualifications. The novel follows unlikely Yale University freshman 20-year-old Galaxy 'Alex' Stern, a high school drop out and homicide survivor who can see ghosts, called 'Grays'.

The first in a series, Ninth House was followed by a sequel titled Hell Bent, which was published in January 2023. Ninth House is a paranormal fantasy novel by American author Leigh Bardugo, published by Flatiron Books in October 2019.

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