Beach MusicModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Southern
Beach Music
1995 · 924 pages · Fiction
52
Modern
★ 4.19 on Goodreads · 57K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 23 hours to read · about 7 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1). 4.19★ from 57K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
52Must-Read Score
- Readers79 out of 100 · counts 40%+36
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller45 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+16
- 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
- #96 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #215 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #480 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1)
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