The Tower of Nero
by Rick Riordan
★ Top 10 book of 2020 · #9 on Best Books of 2020
With the battle for Camp Jupiter won, Apollo and Meg turn to their last and likely deadly mission: taking down the emperor Nero for good. Apollo hopes to regain his godly form, while Meg must confront her troubled past.
Best for: Readers following the series who want its final showdown with the emperor Nero
The Tower of Nero is #9 on BookWard's Best Books of 2020, out of 65 2020 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Tower of Nero is about
Apollo, in his human form as Lester Papadopoulos, is running out of time. In this fifth and final book of The Trials of Apollo, he and his demigod master Meg set out to free the last oracle, with Apollo telling the story himself in his usual vain, funny voice.
Their enemies are personal ones: Meg's abusive stepfather Nero, who leads the malevolent Triumvirate Holdings alongside Commodus and Julius Caesar, and Python, Apollo's old nemesis. Nero gives the pair two days to surrender or Manhattan will burn. Will Solace and his boyfriend Nico di Angelo come to help. Beneath the jokes and the mythology, this is a story about facing the past, recovering from harm, and what it takes to change. It suits readers who have followed Camp Half-Blood from the start.
The Tower of Nero on the Best Books of 2020
The Tower of Nero came out in 2020. Of the 65 books first published in 2020 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #9 on our Best Books of 2020 list.
Why it made the list: 444 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (25 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 2020 list
- Credence Penelope Douglas, #7
- Think Like a Monk Jay Shetty, #8
- Piranesi Susanna Clarke, #10
- Guest List Lucy Foley, #11
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 386 want to read it, 11 are reading it now and 47 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 25 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 74 | 55% |
| Reader love | 98 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 65 | 20% |
Questions about The Tower of Nero
When was The Tower of Nero published?
The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan was first published in 2020.
Was The Tower of Nero one of the best books of 2020?
The Tower of Nero is #9 on BookWard's Best Books of 2020, out of 65 2020 books that cleared our data bar. 444 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (25 ratings).
Why is The Tower of Nero on the Best Books of 2020 list?
444 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (25 ratings).
More of the best books of 2020
- Good Girl, Bad Blood Holly Jackson, #1
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins, #2
- The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel, #3
- The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #4
- Heartstopper, Volume 3 Alice Oseman, #5
- The Midnight Library Matt Haig, #6
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