Graphic Novel

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)

by Philip Pullman · His Dark Materials series

In a parallel Oxford where every person's soul walks beside them as an animal daemon, young Lyra Belacqua stumbles into a conspiracy involving stolen children, mysterious Dust, and her uncle's Arctic expedition. Armed with a truth-telling alethiometer she barely understands, Lyra journeys north into a world of armored bears, witch clans, and terrible experiments. Pullman begins an ambitious trilogy that questions authority, consciousness, and the very nature of the soul.

His Dark Materials in reading order

• 1. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) — Philip Pullman
• 2. The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) — Philip Pullman
• 3. The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) — Philip Pullman

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