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Project Hail Mary

New · Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy

Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

2021 · 476 pages · Fiction

81 New ★ 4.51 on Goodreads · 1.9M ratings

≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (science fiction) winner (2021). 4.51★ from 1.9M Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

81Must-Read Score

Critics51 out of 100 · counts 35%+20
Readers98 out of 100 · counts 50%+56
Buzz26 out of 100 · counts 15%+5

Where it ranks

#2 of the 127 science fiction books we rank
#4 of the 161 fantasy books we rank
#7 of the 730 new books we rank
#18 of the 1,344 books we rank

Won

Goodreads Choice (science fiction) winner (2021)

Shortlisted

Hugo Award finalist (2022)

Reads as

Adventurous, Thought-provoking

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