The Dark Prophecy
by Rick Riordan
★ Top 5 book of 2017 · #5 on Best Books of 2017
Stripped of his godly powers and stuck as the mortal Lester Papadopoulos, Apollo heads to Indianapolis to find Meg, who has been ordered to capture him. His quest is full of humiliation and danger, told with comic grumbling.
Best for: Fans of humorous mythology adventures who are following the Apollo series
The Dark Prophecy is #5 on BookWard's Best Books of 2017, out of 73 2017 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Dark Prophecy is about
The Dark Prophecy is the second book in The Trials of Apollo, a spin-off from Percy Jackson & the Olympians, and it begins right where The Hidden Oracle stopped. Apollo, who goes by Lester Papadopoulos, narrates his own humbling.
His companion is Meg McCaffrey. Together they travel to the Oracle of Trophonius. Apollo also carries a personal feud with Commodus, an emperor.
The Dark Prophecy on the Best Books of 2017
The Dark Prophecy came out in 2017. Of the 73 books first published in 2017 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #5 on our Best Books of 2017 list.
Why it made the list: 664 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (36 ratings); 36 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
It earns Reader favorite.
Nearby on the 2017 list
- A Court of Wings and Ruin Sarah J. Maas, #3
- One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, #4
- Why We Sleep Matthew P. Walker, #6
- Turtles All the Way Down John Green, #7
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 552 want to read it, 36 are reading it now and 76 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 36 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 88 | 55% |
| Reader love | 96 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 86 | 20% |
Questions about The Dark Prophecy
When was The Dark Prophecy published?
The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan was first published in 2017.
Was The Dark Prophecy one of the best books of 2017?
The Dark Prophecy is #5 on BookWard's Best Books of 2017, out of 73 2017 books that cleared our data bar. 664 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (36 ratings); 36 are reading it right now.
Why is The Dark Prophecy on the Best Books of 2017 list?
664 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (36 ratings); 36 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2017
- The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, #1
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, #2
- A Court of Wings and Ruin Sarah J. Maas, #3
- One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, #4
- Why We Sleep Matthew P. Walker, #6
- Turtles All the Way Down John Green, #7
See the full Best Books of 2017, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views for recent years. The description is paraphrased from real source text. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Lists update monthly.
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