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The Starless Sea: A Novel

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. "[A] gorgeously written epic love story, filled with magic and mystery." ⁠—Popsugar Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues—a bee, a key, and a sword—that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians—it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also of those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose—in both the mysterious book and in his own life. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage


Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 4, 2020


Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 592 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 110197138X


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 83


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 1 x 7.96 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #26,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #99 in Historical Fantasy (Books) #424 in Romantic Fantasy (Books) #584 in Romantasy (Books)


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    • One of the best books I’ve read in a very long time!
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern is such a joy to read! Her storying telling is completely enveloping. I’m trying hard not to burn through the book too quickly. I savor it and take time to reflect after each couple of chapters. Thank you for writing this lovely book.
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2026 by Carol
    • Beautiful writing throughout, but a rather dawdling plot.
Format: Paperback
I was very excited about receiving a second novel from this popular author. I thoroughly enjoyed her first novel and was so glad there was another one in the pipeline. But I read along in this new one and was a little disappointed that it resembled the tone and the pace of the narrative so much of the first novel. This is not to be a criticism of this author but it felt to me in both novels that she was not in any hurry to draw any conclusions or finish the stories of any characters that appeared. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2026 by Ninevin
    • Don't expect "The Night Circus," but you will never read another book like this one
Format: Kindle
"The Night Circus" is one of my favorite books of all time - completely perfect in my eyes. This is NOT "The Night Circus," and if you go in expecting it to be perfect, you will be disappointed. It is NOT perfect. However, it was perfect for me. If you are fascinated with stories, with myth and folklore, with magic and mystery, with puzzles and surprises and the best kind of confusion at the beginning, then you may love it as well. There are stories within stories within stories, and the way they come together, I found to be brilliant. If you sit around and ponder the meaning and power of story, of beginnings and endings, of reality within the myths and folklore of different cultures, you will love this book. It is a fairytale of the very best sort, with homages to most of my favorite books. I intend to go back and read it soon when I have the luxury to read it slowly and taste each word on my tongue and examine the structure and symbolism more closely now that I know the outcome. Did this book have flaws? It did. I do agree with other reviewers that certain elements of the story could have been expanded upon and the book would have been even better for it - the owls, for example. But ultimately, for me, the conflict and price of protecting something magical to the point where no new beginnings are possible, and what others would sacrifice to find that new beginning were absolutely mind-boggling and horrifying and beautiful and heartbreaking all at the same time. I can honestly say I have *never* read a book like this - and unique stories that pull me in until everything around me disappears are my favorite stories. This one accomplished this on the very first page. Therefore, despite its minor flaws, it's a 5 in my book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2019 by Lisa P. Benwitz
    • A story with an interesting premise, but a very slow buildup
Format: Kindle
I’ve been hearing things about this book for some time and finally sat down to read it… And honestly, I was a little disappointed. It starts out with a series of seemingly unrelated stories. They’re each chapter-length by themselves, and by the end of the third story I was considering giving up. None of those stories have anything to do with the synopsis. But I kept reading, because it had to come together somehow. The unrelated stories do make sense later. Some are part of the “mysterious book” Zachary finds, but it wasn’t immediately clear how everything fit together. Once I got a little farther, the random changes to stories in the book and back to Zachary made more sense. Each major section featured a different mysterious book, and they all tied in somehow to Zachary’s story, some more loosely than others. I was not a fan of the back-and-forth format. I think the book would have been fine without the inclusion of most of the short stories. Breaking the main story up like that made it feel incredibly slow, particularly through parts 1 and 2. I almost stopped reading a few times because nothing seemed to be happening and my interest was definitely waning. Things finally started to happen around the 60% mark. That’s a long time for any real action to occur in a book, and while some elements of the earlier story were compelling, it dragged. But I enjoyed the last 40% of the book much more than what came before, and I really liked the ending of Zachary and Dorian’s portion of the story. (Again, I could have done without the side story in the final act, which was Kat’s. I skipped past parts of it because it didn’t interest me that much.) This book did have some things going for it though. Some of the descriptive passages were beautifully written and the world could be fascinating at times. I liked most of the characters and the fact that the book did have a happy ending for the main cast. It just took a while to take off and actually get anywhere. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2023 by A.J.

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