Drop CityModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literature
Drop City
2003 · 464 pages · Fiction
18
Modern
★ 3.83 on Goodreads · 16K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (2003). 3.83★ from 16K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
18Must-Read Score
- Readers16 out of 100 · counts 40%+7
- Critics30 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+10
- Bestseller4 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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.
Where it ranks
- #202 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #239 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #631 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1352 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (2003)
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