HolesModern · Young Adult, Fiction, Middle Grade
Holes
1998 · 240 pages · Fiction
42
Modern
★ 4.02 on Goodreads · 1.4M ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the BBC's The Big Read list. 4.02★ from 1.4M Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
42Must-Read Score
- Readers50 out of 100 · counts 40%+23
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller53 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+19
- Buzz0 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
- #18 of the 27 young adult books we rank
- #347 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #782 of the 1,404 books we rank
On the lists
- BBC's The Big Read
Reads as
Thought-provoking
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