Curtain
Classic · Fiction, Mystery, History
Curtain
1975 · 215 pages · Fiction
73.4Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (19 weeks at #1).
By the numbers
73.4Must-Read Score
- Readers64 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller62 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
- #104 of the 555 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #296 of the 763 classics we rank
- #963 of the 2,819 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (19 weeks at #1)
- One of the ten best-selling books of 1975 (Publishers Weekly)
Reads as
Gripping
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