number9dreamModern · Fiction, Japan, Fantasy
number9dream
2001 · 418 pages · Fiction
23
Modern
★ 3.87 on Goodreads · 27K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2001). 3.87★ from 27K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
23Must-Read Score
- Readers22 out of 100 · counts 40%+10
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
- Bestseller11 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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.
Where it ranks
- #118 of the 131 fantasy books we rank
- #590 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1277 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2001)
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