Behind the Scenes at the MuseumModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
1995 · 332 pages · Fiction
30
Modern
★ 3.98 on Goodreads · 45K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the BBC's The Big Read list. 3.98★ from 45K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
30Must-Read Score
- Readers42 out of 100 · counts 40%+19
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller30 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
- 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
- #159 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #210 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #521 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1129 of the 1,405 books we rank
On the lists
- BBC's The Big Read
Reads as
Moving, Gripping
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