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English Passengers
Modern · Historical Fiction, Fiction, Australia

English Passengers

by Matthew Kneale
2000 · 464 pages · Fiction
38 Modern ★ 4.07 on Goodreads · 8K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Booker Prize finalist (2000). 4.07★ from 8K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

38Must-Read Score
  • Readers59 out of 100 · counts 40%+26
  • Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
  • Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
  • 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.

On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.

Shortlisted

Reads as

Adventurous, Moving

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