
The Fifth Season
The Broken Earth, Book One
Book 1 of The Broken Earth
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About The Fifth Season
As a continent begins to fracture, a woman searches for her daughter in a world shaped by catastrophe and oppression.
Reader guide at a glance
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- Audience
- Adult/general
- Commitment
- Part of the The Broken Earth series
- Estimated reading time
- 13.0 hours at about 40 pages per hour
- Length
- Long read
- Best for
- Readers seeking fantasy
Why readers are finding The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin, published in 2015, is a 512-page book for readers who prefer to browse by the experience of a story, not only by its sales category. Its strongest discovery signals include Fantasy.
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- Print ISBN
- 978-0-316-22929-6
- Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 512
- Series
- The Broken Earth #1





