An Artist of the Floating WorldClassic · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Japan
An Artist of the Floating World
1986 · 220 pages · Fiction
18
Classic
★ 3.77 on Goodreads · 49K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (1986). 3.77★ from 49K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
18Must-Read Score
- Readers8 out of 100 · counts 40%+4
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
- Bestseller20 out of 100 · counts 14%+3
- 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
- #240 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #512 of the 519 classics we rank
- #1352 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (1986)
Reads as
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