Eye of the Needle
Classic · Fiction, Thriller, War
Eye of the Needle
1978 · 354 pages · Fiction
75.1Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Critics' pick · Lifetime bestseller
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Edgar Award winner (1979). One of the ten best-selling books of 1978 (Publishers Weekly).
By the numbers
75.1Must-Read Score
- Readers58 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics49 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller57 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz0 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
- #71 of the 555 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #246 of the 763 classics we rank
- #786 of the 2,819 books we rank
Won
- Edgar Award winner (1979)
Bestseller
- One of the ten best-selling books of 1978 (Publishers Weekly)
Reads as
Gripping, Dark
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