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I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
New · Fiction, Science Fiction, Humor

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

by Jason Pargin
2024 · 400 pages · Fiction
31 New ★ 3.92 on Goodreads · 19K ratings
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (science fiction) finalist (2024). 3.92★ from 19K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

31Must-Read Score
  • Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
  • Readers32 out of 100 · counts 50%+18
  • Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9

Where it ranks

Shortlisted

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Gripping, Funny, Adventurous

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