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Loving
Classic · Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction

Loving

by Henry Green
1945 · 208 pages · Fiction
30 Classic ★ 3.51 on Goodreads · 4K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

On 2 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.51★ from 4K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

30Must-Read Score
  • Readers0 out of 100 · counts 40%+0
  • Critics83 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+30
  • 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.

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