From the Bookshelf of 2025 Reading Challenge…

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

Start date: April 1, 2025

Finish date: April 30, 2025

Discussion: August 2025 Buddy Reads

Why we're reading this: Featured Buddy Read for April 2025
[close] Featured Buddy Read for April 2025

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 22 topics — 368 comments total

August 2025 Buddy Reads

* Dark Matter
By SarahKat , Buddy Reads · 14 posts · 43 views

last updated Aug 21, 2025 10:29AM

The Lincoln Myth (Cotton Malone #9)
By SarahKat , Buddy Reads · 10 posts · 17 views

last updated Sep 07, 2025 02:58PM

showing 10 of 118 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Jun 10, 2021 Nicole Hanson rated it it was amazing

I absolutely loved this book. I was slightly disappointed with the ending—after a beautifully written epic about Piranesi’s experience in the house, the ending felt a bit like an afterthought. But still absolutely worth reading. Warning: the beginning is quite confusing, but I think that is on purpose. Keep going, it opens up and makes sense in the end.

1 like · Like · see review

Sep 23, 2020 Melissa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Unique, fascinating little fantasy, so well described you can see it in your mind

1 like · Like · see review

Feb 22, 2021 Heather Wescott rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2021-popsugar-reading-challenge

This is one of the most original stories I have ever read. I was intrigued from the first few pages and had trouble putting it down - I finished it in one evening (which is something I rarely do these days). I loved it - can't wait to see what Susanna Clarke writes next! ...more

Like · see review

Oct 24, 2020 Deedee marked it as to-read

Shelves: 0000scifi-and-fantasy-club-unread, fantasy, cover-black, hugo-award-nominee, nebula-award-nominee, world-fantasy-award-nominee, coverx-musical-instrument, beyond-reality-fantasy, title-has-1-word, p2

I started this and it was convoluted and abstract. Right now I'm not in the mood for puzzler dreamlike stories -- so I laid this book aside, with plans to come back to it when I'm looking for a 'challenging' novel. ...more

Like · see review