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core novel 1995 His Dark Materials
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (1,639,207 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 399 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780439994927 |
| First-edition publisher | Scholastic |
| First-edition country | UK |
Where it sits
- Universe: His Dark Materials
- Series: His Dark Materials (trilogy) core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Philip Pullman
Awards (verified)
- Carnegie Medal, 1995: won
- Carnegie of Carnegies (70th-anniversary public vote), 2007: won; Voted best Carnegie Medal winner of the award's first 70 years.
Notes
- US title: The Golden Compass (Knopf, 1996). Carnegie Medal 1995; 'Carnegie of Carnegies' 2007.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series His Dark Materials (trilogy): position 1 of 3: next The Subtle Knife (1997)
Sources
← His Dark Materials dossier · All universes
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