Iron CouncilModern · Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Iron Council
2004 · 400 pages · Fiction
52.5Must-Read
Score Modern
Score Modern
Critics' pick
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
52.5Must-Read Score
- Readers2 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics25 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Bestseller20 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Buzz0 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
- #304 of the 313 science fiction books we rank
- #452 of the 459 fantasy books we rank
- #1559 of the 1,573 modern books we rank
- #2794 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
Shortlisted
Hugo Award finalist (2005)
Reads as
Adventurous, Epic, Dark
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