Shalimar the ClownModern · Fiction, India, Magical Realism
Shalimar the Clown
2005 · 464 pages · Fiction
26
Modern
★ 3.92 on Goodreads · 15K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2005). 3.92★ from 15K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
26Must-Read Score
- Readers30 out of 100 · counts 40%+13
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller4 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- 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
- #114 of the 131 fantasy books we rank
- #562 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1220 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2005)
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