Bel CantoModern · Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Bel Canto
2001 · 318 pages · Fiction
47
Modern
★ 3.94 on Goodreads · 342K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.94★ from 342K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
47Must-Read Score
- Critics49 out of 100 · counts 35%+19
- Readers48 out of 100 · counts 50%+28
- 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
- #101 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #190 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #654 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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