
The Chimes
core novel 2015 The Chimes
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language | |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.37 (3,111 ratings, collected 2026-08-18) |
| Page count | 291 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781444794502 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Chimes
- Series: The Chimes core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Anna Smaill
Awards (verified)
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2016: won
Notes
- From the series record (The Chimes): Standalone novel; a dystopian secondary world where written language is banned and memory is instead carried through music. Anna Smaill's first universe in this canon; her only other novel, Bird Life (2023), is an unrelated, separate standalone work.
Sources
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