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A Wrinkle in Time
Classic · Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle
1962 · 256 pages · Fiction
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

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58.2Must-Read Score
  • Readers23 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • Bestseller36 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • 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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