A Closed and Common Orbit
Modern · Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure
A Closed and Common Orbit
2016 · 384 pages · Fiction
77.4Must-Read
Score Modern
Score Modern
Critics' pick
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Hugo Award finalist (2017).
By the numbers
77.4Must-Read Score
- Readers92 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics25 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller33 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz5 out of 100 · counts 10%
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
Where it ranks
- #52 of the 313 science fiction books we rank
- #291 of the 1,575 modern books we rank
- #581 of the 2,819 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Hugo Award finalist (2017)
Reads as
Adventurous, Epic
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