Cover of The Night Gardener

The Night Gardener

  • 2014 first published
  • 382 pages
  • 12 editions

The Night Gardener is a 2014 ghost story and demon fiction novel by Jonathan Auxier. Key subjects include brothers and sisters, Storytelling, blessing and cursing and orphans.

It has been published in 12 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Childrens Middle Grade Paperback bestseller list in 2016.

At about 382 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

Awards & lists

  • ✦Mythopoeic Awards 2015 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (nominee)
  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Childrens Middle Grade Paperback, 2016

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Subjects

  • JUVENILE FICTION / Horror & Ghost Stories
  • Ghost stories
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Storytelling
  • Blessing and cursing
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings
  • Orphans
  • Household employees
  • Horror stories
  • Ghosts
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
  • Dwellings
  • Family
  • Fantasy & Magic
  • Siblings
  • Horror fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote The Night Gardener?

The Night Gardener was written by Jonathan Auxier and first published in 2014.

What genre is The Night Gardener?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories, Demons & Devils and Horror.

How long is The Night Gardener?

The median edition has 382 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Night Gardener?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Accident Season, Spellcaster and The Amityville Horror.

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