A Study in DrowningNew · Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult
A Study in Drowning
2023 · 378 pages · Fiction
Lifetime bestseller · Buzzing now
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
59.2Must-Read Score
- Readers6 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller58 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz17 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
- #174 of the 219 young adult books we rank
- #376 of the 459 fantasy books we rank
- #419 of the 481 new books we rank
- #2455 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
Bestseller
27 weeks on the New York Times bestseller lists since 2023
Reads as
Gripping, Epic
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