Cover of The Obelisk Gate

The Obelisk Gate

core novel 2016 The Broken Earth

Record

First published2016
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.28 (203,303 ratings, collected 2026-08-06)
Page count410
First-edition ISBN9780316229265
First-edition publisherOrbit
First-edition countryUS

Where it sits

Awards (verified)

  • Hugo Award (Best Novel), 2017: won
  • Nebula Award (Best Novel), 2016: nominated
  • World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2017: nominated

Notes

  • Hugo Best Novel 2017.

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.

Sources

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