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Book · 2015 · LGBTQ novels

The Fifth Season

by N. K. Jemisin · Recommended by 4 people on 2 podcasts

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And then my third um NK gemson the fifth season.
Puja Lakshmin · The Ezra Klein Show · Sep 2023 Listen at 53:17

The best things said about it

3 of 5 · every mention
Book club
And this month we are going with droll Liz we are reading NK gon's fantasy novel the fifth season.
Pamela Paul The Book Review · May 2019
Discussed
We have one sci-fi fantasy one prominent sci-fi fantasy book on here which is the fifth season by enk jamson it certainly would have been great to to have seen more.
Gilbert Cruz The Book Review · Jul 2024
Discussed
So she's won for the first novel in the series which it's called the fifth season.
Alexandra Alter The Book Review · Aug 2017

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Why people recommend it

N.K. Jemisin's groundbreaking fantasy masterwork The Fifth Season transports readers to a geologically volatile world where marginalized individuals known as orogenes wield dangerous powers over the earth. On The Ezra Klein Show, Puja Lakshmin warmly recommended the novel as a standout reading choice. Pamela Paul and Alexander Alter both celebrated the book on The Book Review for making literary history when it captured the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2016, making Jemisin the first Black woman to win the prestigious prize. Paul also announced the novel as a featured selection for the podcast's summer book club, praising its gripping world-building. Gilbert Cruz highlighted the novel on the show as a prominent and exceptional sci-fi fantasy entry on a major list of the century's best books, wishing even more speculative fiction had been included. Fans and critics recommend the novel for its innovative second-person narrative perspective, its richly imagined universe torn apart by apocalyptic climate shifts, and its searing exploration of oppression, institutional cruelty, and maternal love. Jemisin's brilliant trilogy opener redefines the boundaries of speculative fiction and leaves an indelible mark on modern literature.

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Puja Lakshmin and then my third um NK gemson the fifth season 1
Recommended
“and then my third um NK gemson the fifth season”
Pamela Paul and this month we are going with droll Liz we are reading NK gon's fantasy novel the fifth season 2
Book club
“and this month we are going with droll Liz we are reading NK gon's fantasy novel the fifth season”
Discussed
“you won the Hugo Award for best novel with the first one the fifth season in 2016”
Alexandra Alter so she's won for the first novel in the series which it's called the fifth season 1
Discussed
“so she's won for the first novel in the series which it's called the fifth season”
Gilbert Cruz we have one sci-fi fantasy one prominent sci-fi fantasy book on here which is the fifth season by enk jamso… 1
Discussed
“we have one sci-fi fantasy one prominent sci-fi fantasy book on here which is the fifth season by enk jamson it certainly would have been great to to have seen more”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“it's the second book of her broken Earth Trilogy uh started with the fifth season uh last year”