Never Let Me GoModern · Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia
Never Let Me Go
2005 · 288 pages · Fiction
58
Modern
★ 3.85 on Goodreads · 923K ratings
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2005). On 3 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.85★ from 923K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
58Must-Read Score
- Critics88 out of 100 · counts 35%+35
- Readers40 out of 100 · counts 50%+23
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #28 of the 127 science fiction books we rank
- #107 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #304 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2005)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Dark, Moving
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