Cover of Nona the Ninth

Nona the Ninth

core novel 2022 The Locked Tomb

Record

First published2022
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.33 (59,632 ratings, collected 2026-08-07)
First-edition ISBN9781250854117
Internal chronology3

Where it sits

Awards (verified)

  • Nebula Award (Best Novel), 2022: finalist; Corrected from a Wikipedia summary claim of a win; SFWA's own award-year page shows Nona the Ninth as a finalist. Winner: Babel by R.F. Kuang (already in this canon).
  • Hugo Award (Best Novel), 2023: finalist

Notes

  • From the series record (The Locked Tomb): Necromancer-space-opera science fantasy following the Ninth House's cavalier Gideon Nav and her necromancer Harrowhark Nonagesimus. A 4th novel, Alecto the Ninth, is announced for October 12, 2026 -- unpublished as of 2026-08-07 and isn't counted here yet.

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 The Locked Tomb: position 3 of 3: previous Harrow the Ninth (2020)

Sources

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