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Motherless Brooklyn

Modern · Fiction, Mystery, Crime

Motherless Brooklyn

by Jonathan Lethem

1999 · Fiction

35 Modern ★ 3.86 on Goodreads · 43K ratings

Is it worth reading?

NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1999). 3.86★ from 43K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

35Must-Read Score

Critics46 out of 100 · counts 35%+19
Readers29 out of 100 · counts 50%+16
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

#80 of the 140 mysteries and thrillers we rank
#279 of the 318 modern books we rank
#1009 of the 1,344 books we rank

Won

NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1999)

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