Critical Reception
The Amber Spyglass won critical acclaim and many prestigious awards, including the Whitbread Book of the Year as the first children's book winner, the British Book Award, American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults, Parents' Choice Good Book Award, Horn Book Fanfare Honor Book, New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, ABC Children's Booksellers' Choice. It became a New York Times Bestseller.
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