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Cover of New York 2140 by Kim Stanley RobinsonNew York 2140
Modern · Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy

New York 2140

by Kim Stanley Robinson
2017 · 624 pages · Fiction
Critics' pick
≈ 16 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day

By the numbers

55.9Must-Read Score
  • Readers13 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics25 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Bestseller22 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • Buzz7 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

Why it made the list

Shortlisted
Hugo Award finalist (2018)

Reads as

Thought-provoking, Adventurous, Dark

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