AtonementModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics
Atonement
2001 · 351 pages · Fiction
67
Modern
★ 3.96 on Goodreads · 581K ratings
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (2002). On 4 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.96★ from 581K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
67Must-Read Score
- Critics96 out of 100 · counts 35%+38
- Readers51 out of 100 · counts 50%+29
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #26 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #32 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #110 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (2002)
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2001)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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