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The Ten Thousand Doors of January

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

FantasyLiterary Fiction
Pages
384
Published
2019
Language
English

Synopsis

January Scaller lives a quiet life as the ward of a wealthy collector, surrounded by strange artifacts. Her world shifts when she discovers a mysterious book that speaks of other worlds and hidden doors. As she reads, January realizes the story within the book is deeply connected to her own life, leading her on an unexpected journey of discovery.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

MysteriousWhimsicalThought-ProvokingAtmospheric
Portal FantasyComing of AgeFound Family

Genres

Fantasy Literary Fiction Magical Realism

About the author

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Alix E. Harrow

Alix E. Harrow is an American fantasy author born in 1989 in Idaho and raised in Kentucky, now based in Virginia. A former adjunct history professor, she writes fiction preoccupied with the power of stories themselves, beginning with her Hugo Award-winning short fiction and her bestselling debut novel The Ten Thousand Doors of January. Her work has also won the British Fantasy Award for The Once and Future Witches and the 2026 Hugo and Locus Awards for The Everlasting, and been shortlisted for t...

Characters

January ScallerProtagonist
Mr. LockeSupporting
Julian ScallerSupporting

January's father, a field agent who hunts artifacts for Locke while searching for a way back to his own world.

Adelaide Lee LarsonSupporting

January's mother, an adventurer who searched for Doors across the American frontier and is the heroine of the book-within-the-book.

Jane IrimuSupporting

A Doorkeeper hired to watch over January who becomes her closest ally and protector.

All characters in The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Frequently asked questions

  • Is The Ten Thousand Doors of January part of a series?

    No. It is a standalone novel, Alix E. Harrow's 2019 debut. Her later books, including Starling House and The Once and Future Witches, are unrelated standalones.

  • Has The Ten Thousand Doors of January won any awards?

    Its audiobook, narrated by January LaVoy, won the 2020 Audie Award for Fantasy. The novel itself was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards.

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