The Gathering Storm
by Robert Jordan
★ Top 25 book of 2009 · #24 on Best Books of 2009
As the Last Battle approaches, the Dragon Reborn works to unite divided kingdoms while a captive Amyrlin Seat fights to keep the Aes Sedai together. It opens the closing trilogy of the Wheel of Time.
Best for: Devoted Wheel of Time readers ready for the series' final chapter
The Gathering Storm is #24 on BookWard's Best Books of 2009, out of 42 2009 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Gathering Storm is about
Twelve books into The Wheel of Time, the long march toward the Last Battle is close enough to feel. Robert Jordan died before he could finish the series, and Brandon Sanderson was chosen to carry it through. What was meant to be a single closing volume grew into three, and this is the first of them.
Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has to be there when the Dark One strikes, or the Light has little hope. But the power he wields is wearing down his mind, and he is hunting one of the Forsaken while trying to calm Arad Doman. Egwene al'Vere, meanwhile, works to unify the White Tower and root out the Black Ajah as a Seanchan attack looms. Tuon refuses Rand's offer of a truce and claims the title of Empress. It is an ominous, momentum-building chapter about leadership, duty, and what power does to those who carry it.
The Gathering Storm on the Best Books of 2009
The Gathering Storm came out in 2009. Of the 42 books first published in 2009 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #24 on our Best Books of 2009 list.
Why it made the list: 207 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (60 ratings). 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.
Nearby on the 2009 list
- Too Big to Fail Andrew Ross Sorkin, #22
- The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi, #23
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 114 want to read it, 4 are reading it now and 89 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 60 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 36 | 55% |
| Reader love | 79 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 14 | 20% |
Questions about The Gathering Storm
When was The Gathering Storm published?
The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan was first published in 2009.
Was The Gathering Storm one of the best books of 2009?
The Gathering Storm is #24 on BookWard's Best Books of 2009, out of 42 2009 books that cleared our data bar. 207 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (60 ratings).
Why is The Gathering Storm on the Best Books of 2009 list?
207 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (60 ratings).
More of the best books of 2009
- The Last Olympian Rick Riordan, #1
- Catching Fire Suzanne Collins, #2
- The Maze Runner James Dashner, #3
- The Help Kathryn Stockett, #4
- Dork Diaries Rachel Renée Russell, #5
- I Will Teach You to Be Rich Ramit Sethi, #6
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