The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
Ranked #8 in 2015, Ranked #12 in Hugo Award — see more rankings.
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years, collapses as its greatest city is destroyed by a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heartland of the world's sole continent, a great red rift has been been torn which spews ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries. But this is the Stillness, a land long... more
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John Lilly @fredmcclimans First author to win 3 Hugos in a row. So: not bad! First book strongest imho, but all of it great. (Source)
Jacquelyn Gill @MaraWilson It’s such an amazing book. One of my all-time favorites—and the entire trilogy is that strong! (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #100 in Action
- #14 in Adult Fantasy
- #43 in Award-Winning
- #86 in Awarded
- #14 in Black Author
- #15 in Children's Boat
- #46 in Climate Change
- #30 in Diverse
- #58 in Diversity
- #68 in Dystopian
- #46 in End Of The World
- #68 in Epic Fantasy
- #79 in Fantasy
- #43 in Fantasy Epic
- #55 in Fantasy Sci-Fi
- #42 in Fantasy Series
- #64 in Fiction Series
- #27 in Geology
- #71 in Holiday Reading
- #53 in Map
- #42 in NPR
- #48 in New York Times Bestseller
- #57 in Plot Twist
- #40 in Post-Apocalyptic
- #79 in Recommended
- #67 in Science Fiction Fantasy
- #37 in Strong Women
- #28 in Trigger Warning
- #86 in Trilogy
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