First LoveClassic · Fiction, Classics, Literary Fiction
First Love
1860 · 80 pages · Fiction
55.6Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Critics' pick
≈ 2 hours to read · about 4 days at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
55.6Must-Read Score
- Readers15 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics30 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Bestseller12 out of 100 · counts 14%
- 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
- #310 of the 325 literary novels we rank
- #886 of the 924 classics we rank
- #2891 of the 3,057 books we rank
Why it made the list
On the lists
Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking
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