Midnight’s ChildrenClassic · Fiction, Magical Realism, Classics
Midnight’s Children
1981 · 647 pages · Fiction
70
Classic
★ 3.97 on Goodreads · 137K ratings
≈ 16 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize winner (1981). On 5 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.97★ from 137K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
70Must-Read Score
- Critics97 out of 100 · counts 35%+39
- Readers55 out of 100 · counts 50%+31
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #10 of the 161 fantasy books we rank
- #33 of the 296 classics we rank
- #88 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Booker Prize winner (1981)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels
- Bokklubben World Library (100 greatest books)
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