The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019)
by Alix E. Harrow
“With the finding of a door comes change." (101)
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Discussion at 1pm
From the publisher: In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery with the help of a mysterious book, good friends, and a bad dog.
In a sprawling mansion
filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself.
As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from
the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely
ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book.
A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of
secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals
impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story
increasingly entwined with her own.
Copies
available to borrow are at the library. If you wish to own a copy,
Gibson's in Concord and MainStreet BookEnds in Warner will graciously
offer a discount for our book group.
Resources for the book:
- Author's website.
- Discussion questions
- About the god Janus (for whom January in the book, and January the month, are named)
- Alix E. Harrow's other books.
- more to come
- The Lost Story, by Meg Shaffer
- The Narnia Series, by C. S. Lewis
- The Awakening, by Nora Roberts
- Fairy Tale, by Stephen King
- Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke