A Widow for One YearModern · Fiction, Contemporary, Literature
A Widow for One Year
1998 · 672 pages · Fiction
21
Modern
★ 3.78 on Goodreads · 66K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 17 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1). 3.78★ from 66K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
21Must-Read Score
- Readers9 out of 100 · counts 40%+4
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller46 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+17
- 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
- #197 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #613 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1322 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1)
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