In Other Rooms, Other WondersModern · Short Stories, Fiction, Pakistan
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
2009 · 247 pages · Fiction
22
Modern
★ 3.75 on Goodreads · 8K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (2010). 3.75★ from 8K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
22Must-Read Score
- Readers6 out of 100 · counts 40%+3
- Critics52 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+19
- Bestseller0 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.
On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (2010)
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (2009)
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Moving
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