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Bridget Jones's Diary
Modern · Fiction, Chick Lit, Romance

Bridget Jones's Diary

by Helen Fielding
1996 · 319 pages · Fiction
30 Modern ★ 3.81 on Goodreads · 1.0M 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. One of the best-selling books ever (about 15 million copies). 3.81★ from 1.0M Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

30Must-Read Score
  • Readers13 out of 100 · counts 40%+6
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
  • Bestseller68 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+24
  • 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

Bestseller

On the lists

Reads as

Funny, Uplifting

How we rank

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