Looking for AlaskaModern · Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
Looking for Alaska
2005 · 504 pages · Fiction
36
Modern
★ 3.96 on Goodreads · 1.8M ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the PBS Great American Read list. 3.96★ from 1.8M Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
36Must-Read Score
- Readers36 out of 100 · counts 40%+16
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller55 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+20
- 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
- #22 of the 27 young adult books we rank
- #130 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #434 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #951 of the 1,404 books we rank
On the lists
- PBS Great American Read
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