MoonglowModern · Fiction, Literary Fiction, Family
Moonglow
2016 · 430 pages · Fiction
59.1Must-Read
Score Modern
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Critics' pick
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
59.1Must-Read Score
- Readers17 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics25 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller37 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz4 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
- #276 of the 309 literary novels we rank
- #1342 of the 1,573 modern books we rank
- #2456 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
Shortlisted
NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (2016)
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