Ninth House
core novel 2019 Ninth House (Alex Stern)
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.00 (423,121 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 461 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250313072 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Ninth House opens the Alex Stern series by introducing Galaxy "Alex" Stern, a twenty-year-old high school dropout and survivor of a violent, drug-soaked past who can see ghosts, a talent that has brought her nothing but trouble. After a brutal, unsolved multiple murder leaves her the sole survivor, Alex is unexpectedly offered a full scholarship to Yale University in exchange for a very specific job. She is recruited into Lethe, the university's secretive ninth house, whose task is to monitor the eight other ancient secret societies at Yale that practice real, dangerous occult magic behind their ivy-covered walls. First published in 2019, Ninth House belongs to the Ninth House (Alex Stern) series.
Where it sits
- Universe: Ninth House (Alex Stern)
- Series: Alex Stern core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Leigh Bardugo
Awards (verified)
- Readers' Choice Award (Best Fantasy), 2019: won; Confirmed via the award body's own Choice Awards category page, which itself states 'Announcing the Choice Winner in Best Fantasy!' for Ninth House -- found during reader-rating data collection, not assumed from any secondary source.
Notes
- From the series record (Alex Stern): A 3rd novel, Dead Beat, is confirmed and scheduled (pre-order date September 15, 2026) but not yet published as of 2026-08-07 -- isn't counted here yet; watch for its actual release before the next reader-rating data collection pass.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Alex Stern: position 1 of 2: next Hell Bent (2023)
Sources
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