A Suitable BoyModern · Fiction, India, Historical Fiction
A Suitable Boy
1993 · 1349 pages · Fiction
41
Modern
★ 4.11 on Goodreads · 51K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 34 hours to read · about 10 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the BBC's The Big Read list. 4.11★ from 51K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
41Must-Read Score
- Readers66 out of 100 · counts 40%+30
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
- 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
- #167 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #359 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #801 of the 1,404 books we rank
On the lists
- BBC's The Big Read
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