The Ten Thousand Doors of January
In the early 1900s, January Scaller finds a strange book that tells of magical doors between worlds. As she reads, she begins to realize the story may be about her own life.
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It is 1901 in rural Vermont, and seventeen-year-old January Scaller is being raised by the wealthy Mr. Locke while her father travels for the New England Archaeological Society. The day she finds a leather book called The Ten Thousand Doors on a shelf, the world she knows starts to fall apart.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards in 2020. It was Alix E. Harrow's debut novel after she had won a Hugo for her short fiction.
Yes. The Ten Thousand Doors of January is widely cited as a literary portal fantasy, in the tradition of Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children and Lewis Carroll's Alice books. Each door leads to a different world.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January was written by Alix E. Harrow, published in 2019 by Redhook.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January is 373 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Ten Thousand Doors of January takes most readers 6 to 8 hours to finish.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January is a standalone novel by Alix E. Harrow, not part of a series.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.