Dr. NoNew · Fiction, Fantasy
Dr. No
2022 · 272 pages · Fiction
Critics' pick
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
57.1Must-Read Score
- Readers18 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics25 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Bestseller8 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Buzz26 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
- #403 of the 459 fantasy books we rank
- #441 of the 481 new books we rank
- #2606 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
Shortlisted
NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (2022)
Reads as
Epic
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