Doomsday BookModern · Science Fiction, Time Travel, Historical Fiction
Doomsday Book
1992 · 578 pages · Fiction
58
Modern
★ 4.03 on Goodreads · 67K ratings
≈ 14 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Hugo Award winner (1993) and 1 more win. 4.03★ from 67K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
58Must-Read Score
- Critics70 out of 100 · counts 35%+28
- Readers52 out of 100 · counts 50%+30
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #30 of the 127 science fiction books we rank
- #68 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #110 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #319 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Hugo Award winner (1993)
- Nebula Award winner (1992)
Reads as
Adventurous, Thought-provoking
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