His Dark Materials vs Northern Lights: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Belacqua, Experiments, Kidnapping, Missing persons, Fantasy, Fiction

Cover of His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials Philip Pullman · 2000 ★★★★☆ 4.3 560 pages · ≈ 10 h 22 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of Northern Lights

Northern Lights Philip Pullman · 1995 ★★★★☆ 4.0 404 pages · ≈ 7 h 29 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate His Dark Materials higher: 4.3 vs 4.0 from 460 votes.
Northern Lights is the quicker read — about 7 hours vs 10 for His Dark Materials.

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