Sabriel
core novel 1995 The Old Kingdom
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.16 (221,265 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 496 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780060273224 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Old Kingdom
- Series: The Old Kingdom core; position 3 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Garth Nix
Awards (verified)
- Aurealis Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 1995: won
- Aurealis Award (Best Young Adult Novel), 1995: won; Joint winner with Deucalion (Brian Caswell).
- Mythopoeic Award (Children's Literature), 2005: finalist; Awarded collectively to the trilogy (Sabriel/Lirael/Abhorsen), not to a single volume.
- Ditmar Award (Novel), 1996: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (The Old Kingdom): Publication order (Sabriel/Lirael/Abhorsen/Clariel/Goldenhand/Terciel and Elinor) diverges sharply from internal chronology (Clariel and Terciel and Elinor are prequels). No 7th novel confirmed announced; series status (open/closed) is unconfirmed either way.
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 The Old Kingdom: position 1 of 6: next Lirael (2001)
- Internal chronology, within The Old Kingdom: position 3 of 6: previous Terciel and Elinor (2021) · next Lirael (2001)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Kingdom
- Garth Nix official site
- Aurealis Awards
- https://www.sfadb.com/Garth_Nix
- https://www.mythsoc.org/awards/awards-fantasy.htm
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