A Guardian and a ThiefNew · Fiction, India, Literary Fiction
A Guardian and a Thief
2025 · 224 pages · Fiction
34
New
★ 3.74 on Goodreads · 43K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (2025). 3.74★ from 43K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
34Must-Read Score
- Critics30 out of 100 · counts 35%+12
- Readers17 out of 100 · counts 50%+10
- Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12
Where it ranks
- #172 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #483 of the 730 new books we rank
- #1019 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (2025)
- Goodreads Choice (fiction) finalist (2025)
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Dark, Moving
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