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Cover of Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas CouplandGirlfriend in a Coma
Modern · Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia

Girlfriend in a Coma

by Douglas Coupland
1998 · 308 pages · Fiction
Critics' pick
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

By the numbers

58.9Must-Read Score
  • Readers30 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics30 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Bestseller6 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.

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Why it made the list

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Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read

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Thought-provoking, Adventurous, Dark

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