Loitering with IntentClassic · Fiction, Classics, Literary Fiction
Loitering with Intent
1981 · 158 pages · Fiction
17
Classic
★ 3.79 on Goodreads · 6K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 4 hours to read · about 8 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (1981). 3.79★ from 6K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
17Must-Read Score
- Readers11 out of 100 · counts 40%+5
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- 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
- Booker Prize finalist (1981)
Reads as
Funny, Moving, Thought-provoking
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