Fortune SmilesModern · Short Stories, Fiction, Contemporary
Fortune Smiles
2015 · 304 pages · Fiction
46
Modern
★ 4.02 on Goodreads · 11K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Fiction) winner (2015). 4.02★ from 11K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
46Must-Read Score
- Readers50 out of 100 · counts 40%+23
- Critics63 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+23
- Bestseller1 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz3 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.
Where it ranks
- #64 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #291 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #642 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Fiction) winner (2015)
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking
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