Pale FireClassic · Fiction, Classics, Poetry
Pale Fire
1962 · 246 pages · Fiction
66
Classic
★ 4.17 on Goodreads · 61K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On 2 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 4.17★ from 61K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
66Must-Read Score
- Readers72 out of 100 · counts 40%+33
- Critics83 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+30
- Bestseller22 out of 100 · counts 14%+3
- 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
- #56 of the 520 classics we rank
- #157 of the 1,405 books we rank
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels
Reads as
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