How to Pronounce KnifeHow to Pronounce Knife
Score Modern
What it's about
Stories of immigrants and refugees in a nameless city: an ex-boxer turned nail salon worker, a mother and daughter harvesting earthworms at night, a housewife obsessed with country music, a girl whose love for her father transcends language.
Why it's worth reading
It was an NBCC Award finalist. It's a precise, moving debut story collection.
You'll love it if you liked
Interpreter of Maladies
Everything I Never Told You
The SympathizerGood to know
It's a story collection, so it's easy to dip into.
By the numbers
- Readers34 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics25 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Bestseller6 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Buzz14 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
- #1347 of the 1,647 modern books we rank
- #2547 of the 3,056 books we rank
Why it made the list
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Is How to Pronounce Knife worth reading?
Yes. It was an NBCC Award finalist. It ranks #2,547 of the 3,056 books in our ranking, with a Must-Read Score of 59.8 (the best book we found scores 99).
What is How to Pronounce Knife about?
Stories of immigrants and refugees in a nameless city: an ex-boxer turned nail salon worker, a mother and daughter harvesting earthworms at night, a housewife obsessed with country music, a girl whose love for her father transcends language.
How long does it take to read How to Pronounce Knife?
About 5 hours (192 pages), or about 10 days at 30 minutes a day.
What should I read after How to Pronounce Knife?
If you liked it, try Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng or The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen.