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Historical FantasyTime TravelHorror

Hollow City

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  • 2013 first published
  • 419 pages
  • ★ 3.9 (37 ratings)
  • 11 editions
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Published in 2013, Hollow City is a historical fantasy and time-travel fiction novel by Ransom Riggs. Readers will find themes of orphanages, escapes, time Travel and islands.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 37 ratings, and 157 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions across 5 languages. It appeared on the New York Times Young Adult bestseller list in 2014.

It runs to roughly 419 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Hollow City

Volumen 2. 2ª edición
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Awards & lists

  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Young Adult, 2014
  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Young Adult Paperback, 2015

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Orphanages
  • Escapes
  • Supernatural
  • Paranormal fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • London, England
  • Fantasy fiction
  • YOUNG ADULT FICTION
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
  • Time Travel
  • Islands

Quick answers

Who wrote Hollow City?

Hollow City was written by Ransom Riggs and first published in 2013.

What genre is Hollow City?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy, Time Travel and Horror.

How long is Hollow City?

The median edition has 419 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Hollow City?

Readers who like it often enjoy Servant of the Bones, Ilium and Smaragdgrün.

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