PossessionModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance
Possession
1990 · 576 pages · Fiction
51
Modern
★ 3.90 on Goodreads · 87K ratings
≈ 14 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (1990). On 2 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.90★ from 87K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
51Must-Read Score
- Critics76 out of 100 · counts 35%+30
- Readers37 out of 100 · counts 50%+21
- 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
- #39 of the 120 romances we rank
- #101 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #160 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #499 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (1990)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- BBC's The Big Read
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking
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