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Childhood's End
Classic · Fiction, Science Fiction

Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke
1953 · 277 pages · Fiction
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

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66.1Must-Read Score
  • Readers58 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • Bestseller32 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%

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