The House in the Cerulean Sea
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About The House in the Cerulean Sea
A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER! A 2021 Alex Award winner! The 2021 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy Winner! An Indie Next Pick! One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2020" One of Book Riot’s “20 Must-Read Feel-Good Fantasies” Lambda Literary Award-winning author TJ Klune’s bestselling, breakout contemporary fantasy that's "1984 meets The Umbrella Academy with a pinch of Douglas Adams thrown in." (Gail Carriger, New York Times bestselling author of Soulless) Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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- Audience
- Adult/general
- Commitment
- Standalone or self-contained
- Estimated reading time
- 9.0 hours at about 40 pages per hour
- Length
- Standard-length read
- Best for
- Readers seeking found family, quest, comfort read, emotional
Why readers are finding The House in the Cerulean Sea
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, published in 2020, is a 351-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 Found Family, Quest, Comfort Read, Emotional.
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- Print ISBN
- 978-1-250-21732-5
- Published
- 2020
- Pages
- 351
