Tamsin
#3294.05 adjusted 4.03 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 1999 Reading commitment Low Peter S. Beagle Last reviewed 2026-09-25
Overview
Peter S. Beagle's 1999 novel follows Jenny Gluckstein, a New York teenager moved against her will to a three-hundred-year-old farm in Dorset when her mother remarries. There she discovers the creatures of English folklore living around her new home and befriends Tamsin Willoughby, the ghost of a young woman bound to the farm since the time of the Monmouth Rebellion. It won the 2000 Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature.
Historical fantasy, Dark fantasy · For YA
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
Tamsin (1999) core · 4.05 (4,107 ratings); A New York teenager moved to a centuries-old Dorset farm by her mother's remarriage befriends the ghost of a young woman who has haunted it for three hundred years.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Tamsin? Tamsin's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is Tamsin finished? Complete (1999).
- How much reading does Tamsin take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book · ~275 pages).
- How is Tamsin ranked? #329 in this site's official ranking, based on 4,107 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #329?
Ranked #329 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.05 across 1 core book.
- A smaller readership (4,107 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #328, Caraval (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
- A single standalone novel: ranked on that one book alone.
Why explore this universe?
Well rated · 1 book · Complete · 4k ratings · Ranks #329 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment historical fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
A single Core Canon work: no sequencing question to resolve.
Awards (verified)
- Mythopoeic Award (Adult Literature), 2000: won: Tamsin
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2000: nominated: Tamsin
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.05 across 4,107 ratings on 1 Core Canon book. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon extension: Tamsin (Peter S. Beagle) accepted 2026-09-25
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Wikipedia Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-09-25
Rule: Core Canon = Tamsin (1999) only, standalone.