Mortal Engines

Mortal Engines
AuthorPhilip Reeve
Cover artistDavid Frankland
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMortal Engines Quartet
GenreYoung adult, steampunk, bildungsroman
PublisherScholastic
Publication date
16 November 2001
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
Pages293
ISBN0-439-97943-9
OCLC50714166
Followed byPredator's Gold 

Mortal Engines is a young adult science fiction novel by Philip Reeve, published by Scholastic UK in 2001. The book focuses on a futuristic, steampunk version of London, now a giant machine striving to survive on a world that is running out of resources.

Mortal Engines is the first book of a series, the Mortal Engines Quartet, published from 2001 to 2006. It has been adapted as a 2018 feature film.

The book won a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the 2003 Blue Peter Book Award. It was shortlisted for the 2002 Whitbread Award, the 2004 ALA's Notable Books for Children award and the 2020 Blue Peter Awards 20th anniversary prize.