The Amber Spyglass

The Amber Spyglass
First edition
AuthorPhilip Pullman
Cover artistPhilip Pullman & David Scutt
SeriesHis Dark Materials
GenreFantasy
PublisherScholastic/David Fickling Books
Publication date
10 October 2000
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
Pages518
ISBN0-590-54244-3
OCLC55870599
Preceded byThe Subtle Knife 
Followed byLyra's Oxford 

The Amber Spyglass is the third and final novel in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. Published in 2000, it won the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year award, the first children's novel to do so.[1] It was named Children's Book of the Year at the 2001 British Book Awards, and was the first children's book to be longlisted for the Booker Prize.[2]

In 2022, the novel was adapted as the third series of the joint BBC-HBO television series His Dark Materials.

  1. ^ Gibbons, Fiachra (23 January 2002). "Epic children's book takes Whitbread". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Nigel (23 January 2002). "Children's book scoops £30,000 Whitbread prize". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2008.