Exit WestModern · Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy
Exit West
2017 · 231 pages · Fiction
44
Modern
★ 3.74 on Goodreads · 156K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2017). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.74★ from 156K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
44Must-Read Score
- Critics69 out of 100 · counts 35%+28
- Readers27 out of 100 · counts 50%+15
- Buzz5 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
Where it ranks
- #79 of the 161 fantasy books we rank
- #213 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #749 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2017)
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (2017)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Moving, Epic
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