Black Swan GreenModern · Fiction, Coming Of Age, Literary Fiction
Black Swan Green
2006 · 288 pages · Fiction
33
Modern
★ 3.98 on Goodreads · 45K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2006). 3.98★ from 45K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
33Must-Read Score
- Readers42 out of 100 · counts 40%+19
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller16 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- 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
- #143 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #486 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1050 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2006)
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