If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable ThingsModern · Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things
2002 · 275 pages · Fiction
23
Modern
★ 3.88 on Goodreads · 12K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2002). 3.88★ from 12K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
23Must-Read Score
- Readers24 out of 100 · counts 40%+11
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller1 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- 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
- #193 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #596 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1291 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2002)
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking
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