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Cover of Cranford by Elizabeth GaskellCranford
Classic · Fiction, Classics, Young Adult

Cranford

by Elizabeth Gaskell
1853 · 257 pages · Fiction
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

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58.9Must-Read Score
  • Readers28 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics30 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Bestseller13 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • 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.

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