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His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

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The story involves fantasy elements such as witches and armoured polar bears, and alludes to a broad range of ideas from fields such as physics, philosophy, theology and spirituality. It follows the coming-of-age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes against a backdrop of epic events.

The 413th greatest fiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 34th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
  2. - 40th on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
  3. - 44th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
  4. - 79th on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
  5. - 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
  6. - 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Barnes and Noble)
  7. - 100 Novels That Shaped Our World (BBC)

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Sales Rank Publication Date Lowest New Price
Name Binding Sales Rank Lowest New Lowest Used Published
Lyra's Oxford Hardcover 370233 $5.99 $0.01
Lyra's Oxford Audio CD 1989981 $4.45 $0.47
Amber Spyglass Adult Edition Wbn Cover (His Dark Materials) Paperback 1331545 $7.95 $8.83 2011
His Dark Materials : Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) & The Subtle Knife & The Amber Spyglass Paperback 1015706 $0.01
Once Upon a Time in the North Audio CD 1635339 $7.50 $3.73
Once Upon a Time in the North Hardcover 3047049 $9.01 $1.98
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) Audio CD 1369004 $38.98 $1.72 2001
The Amber Spyglass His Dark Materials . Book lll Hardcover 2026300 $11.00
Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials) Audio CD 1685527 $38.23 $4.98 2008
The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials Mass Market Paperback 64492 $1.98 $0.01 2003
His Dark Materials, Book I: The Golden Compass Audio CD 303904 $15.45 $0.68 2004
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) Paperback 349456 $1.69 $0.01 2002
His Dark Materials (Laurel-Leaf) Mass Market Paperback 89050 $10.58 $0.01 2003
His Dark Materials Trilogy (His Dark Materials) Audio CD 4931030 $185.42 2003
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) Paperback 1092282 $0.85 $0.01 2002
The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials Mass Market Paperback 108645 $1.17 $0.01 2003
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) Audio CD 277911 $18.89 $8.22 2004
His Dark Materials (Nick Hern Books) Paperback 2730842 $11.47 $10.96 2005
Northern Lights ILLUST C WORMELL Paperback 1435061 $9.97 $3.24
The Golden Compass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 1)(Rough-cut) Hardcover 521022 $11.82 $0.01 2006
Subtle Knife Adult Edition Wbn Cover (His Dark Materials) Paperback 1833025 $6.64 $3.84 2011
The Golden Compass Graphic Novel, Complete Edition (His Dark Materials) Hardcover 786189 $21.99 2017
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book 3 Audible Audio Edition 1989 $32.95 2003
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) Hardcover 205900 $12.28 $0.59 2000
His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife (TV tie-in edition): 2 Paperback 9420330 $10.27 $3.30 2020
Lyra's Oxford Paperback 341522 $1.79 $0.01 2007
The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials II Hardcover 3505659 $0.75
The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, Book 1 Audible Audio Edition 519 $23.95 2003
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials) Hardcover 105526 $10.45 $1.46 1996
The Golden Compass - His Dark Materials, Book One Paperback 1581404 $5.99 $0.01
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) Paperback 2089688 $2.08 $0.01 1998
The Subtle Knife: the award-winning, internationally bestselling, now full-colour illustrated edition: 2 (His Dark Materials) Hardcover 1033705 $30.70 $30.04 2021
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book 3 Audible Audiobook 165167 $30.54 2021
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials Mass Market Paperback 176367 $1.70 $0.01 2003
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) Mass Market Paperback 2294174 $0.01 $0.01 2001
The Golden Compass Graphic Novel, Volume 2 (His Dark Materials) Hardcover 749396 $11.96 2016
The Golden Compass Paperback 1873837 $7.96 $0.95
The Subtle Knife Graphic Novel (His Dark Materials) Hardcover 670705 $21.99 2022
La brújula dorada [The Golden Compass]: La materia oscura, libro 1 [Dark Matter, Book 1] Audible Audiobook 39009 $26.21 2020
The Subtle Knife, 10th Anniversary Editions Hardcover 4201638 $0.14
The Golden Compass Book I His Dark Materials Paperback 2153348 $17.35 $1.97
The Collectors Audible Audio Edition 7378 $2.58 2014
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) Paperback 2447011 $1.00 $0.01 1999
The Subtle Knife, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 2)(Rough-cut) Hardcover 2015710 $20.00 $1.49 2007
Dark Materials Trilogy: Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, and Amber Spyglass Hardcover 7888563 $19.72 $5.90
His Dark Materials Paperback 2218517 $25.99 $0.01 2004
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Paperback 376146 $5.88 $2.49
The Book of Dust, Volume 1 Audible Audio Edition 3448 $33.69 2017
Northern Lights: His Dark Materials, Book 1 Audible Audiobook 80831 $30.54 2021
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass Paperback 638719 $31.85 $5.44
His Dark Materials: Serpentine Hardcover 5866 $8.76 $9.44 2020
Once Upon a Time in the North: His Dark Materials Hardcover 468803 $65.52 $17.43 2008
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials) Hardcover 3496137 $9.04 $9.37 2014
His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) [BOX SET] (Paperback) Mass Market Paperback 1430507 $15.00 $6.55
His Dark Materials Omnibus Paperback 1149590 $25.28 $4.08 2007
Northern Lights - The Graphic Novel: Volume One (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman (2015-09-24) Paperback 580166 $60.48 $57.87
Lyra's Oxford: His Dark Materials Paperback 125845 $7.99 2017
Lyra's Oxford Hardcover 1848909 $6.93 $2.09 2003
Estuche La Materia Oscura: La brújula dorada - La daga - El catalejo lacado (La Materia Oscura/ His Dark Materials) (Spanish Edition) Paperback 5646777 $35.95 2022
His Dark Materials Unknown Binding 2214781 $32.25 $30.00 2002
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass Hardcover 17140 $19.95 $10.44 2011
His Dark Materials: Serpentine Kindle Edition 1796 $7.99 2020
His Dark Materials Boxed set (His Dark Materials) Paperback 5137375 $9.99 2007
The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust, Volume 2 Audible Audiobook 598 $36.75 2019
The Golden Compass Mass Market Paperback 1124210 $2.95
The Subtle Knife Sequel to the Golden Compass Paperback 934959 $8.00 $2.90
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials (Pb)) Hardcover 1572067 $9.39 $3.37 2003
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) Publisher: Yearling Paperback 197135 $7.71 $1.17
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials 3 Audio CD 286716 $29.30 2021
His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife (Book 2) Paperback 20576 $4.99 $0.35 2001
NORTHERN LIGHTS (HIS DARK MATERIALS) Paperback 2410339 $0.01
Lyra's Oxford Hardcover 2417061 $12.33 $0.01
His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass (Book 3) Paperback 27735 $3.20 $1.07 2003
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) [Audiobook, Unabridged] Publisher: Listening Library (Audio); Unabridged edition Audio CD 762824 $64.12 $28.73
His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife (Book 2) Kindle Edition 88690 $7.99 2001
His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass) Hardcover 1388595 $29.36 $29.36
The Golden Compass Graphic Novel, Volume 1 (His Dark Materials) Paperback 708745 $8.99 2015
Amber Spyglass, the (Lib)(CD) (His Dark Materials) Audio CD 2994069 $5.22 $2.56 2002
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) Hardcover 192830 $5.00 $0.01 1997
His Dark Materials Omnibus (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) Paperback 211060 $17.47 $0.49 2007
His Dark Materials Omnibus Kindle Edition 10872 $15.09 2012
THE SUBTLE KNIFE [HIS DARK MATERIALS BOOK 2] BY PHILIP PULLMAN Hardcover 934384 $6.00 $0.49 1996
His Dark Materials: New Edition (Nick Hern Books) Paperback 491520 $6.00 $4.95 2005
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) Kindle Edition 37623 $8.99 2001
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) Paperback 1377752 $0.01 $0.01 2002
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) Hardcover 6376191 $100.99 2011
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) Paperback 32021 $4.60 $1.30 2001
The Imagination Chamber: Philip Pullman's breathtaking return to the world of His Dark Materials Hardcover 69578 $12.31 $12.31 2022
Subtle Knife, The (Golden Compass) (His Dark Materials) Paperback 3143768 $0.01
His Dark Materials: Lyra's Oxford Kindle Edition 88844 $7.99 2009
Once Upon a Time in the North: His Dark Materials Paperback 319823 $7.99 2017
Lyra's Oxford Audible Audio Edition 53161 $9.95 2004
His Dark Materials Trilogy Audio CD 315549 $580.99 $84.99 2003
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) 1st (first) Edition by Pullman, Philip published by Knopf Books for Young Readers (2002) Paperback 2710194 $6.68 $2.50
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) Mass Market Paperback 2037852 $0.20 $0.01 1998
The Subtle Knife Paperback 3729922 $1.95 $0.01
His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass (Book 3) Kindle Edition 85515 $7.99 2001
His Dark Materials 3-Book Paperback Boxed Set: The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass Paperback 7510 $10.89 $4.51 2003

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