Play It As It LaysClassic · Fiction, Classics, Literary Fiction
Play It As It Lays
1970 · 231 pages · Fiction
44
Classic
★ 3.89 on Goodreads · 101K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the TIME All-TIME 100 Novels list. 3.89★ from 101K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
44Must-Read Score
- Critics49 out of 100 · counts 35%+19
- Readers42 out of 100 · counts 50%+25
- 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
- #119 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #211 of the 296 classics we rank
- #751 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Moving
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