A Painted HouseModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery
A Painted House
2001 · 419 pages · Fiction
24
Modern
★ 3.79 on Goodreads · 107K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (4 weeks at #1). 3.79★ from 107K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
24Must-Read Score
- Readers10 out of 100 · counts 40%+5
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller55 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+19
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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.
Where it ranks
- #194 of the 231 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #228 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #583 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1261 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (4 weeks at #1)
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