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Cloud Cuckoo Land
New · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy

Cloud Cuckoo Land

by Anthony Doerr
2021 · 626 pages · Fiction
49 New ★ 4.24 on Goodreads · 287K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 16 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (2021). 4.24★ from 287K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

49Must-Read Score
  • Readers70 out of 100 · counts 40%+31
  • Critics30 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
  • Bestseller23 out of 100 · counts 14%+4
  • Buzz19 out of 100 · counts 15%+3

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

Shortlisted

Reads as

Adventurous, Moving

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