Consider PhlebasClassic · Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Opera
Consider Phlebas
1987 · 469 pages · Fiction
54.7Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
54.7Must-Read Score
- Readers11 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller34 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%
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. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
Where it ranks
- #296 of the 313 science fiction books we rank
- #752 of the 762 classics we rank
- #2731 of the 2,816 books we rank
Reads as
Adventurous, Epic
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