ErasureModern · Fiction, Literary Fiction, Race
Erasure
2001 · 280 pages · Fiction
54
Modern
★ 4.16 on Goodreads · 36K ratings
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.16★ from 36K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
54Must-Read Score
- Critics49 out of 100 · counts 35%+19
- Readers62 out of 100 · counts 50%+35
- 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
- #64 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #131 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #409 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Moving
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