A Sport and a PastimeClassic · Fiction, Classics, Romance
A Sport and a Pastime
1967 · 256 pages · Fiction
52.0Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
52.0Must-Read Score
- Readers3 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics30 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Bestseller7 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Buzz0 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.
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