Half-Blood BluesModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Canada
Half-Blood Blues
2011 · 321 pages · Fiction
13
Modern
★ 3.71 on Goodreads · 18K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2011). 3.71★ from 18K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
13Must-Read Score
- Readers2 out of 100 · counts 40%+1
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
- Bestseller6 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- Buzz1 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
- #247 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #656 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1386 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2011)
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