Sing, Unburied, SingModern · Fiction, Magical Realism, Contemporary
Sing, Unburied, Sing
2017 · 285 pages · Fiction
62
Modern
★ 3.99 on Goodreads · 153K ratings
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Fiction) winner (2017). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.99★ from 153K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
62Must-Read Score
- Critics80 out of 100 · counts 35%+32
- Readers52 out of 100 · counts 50%+29
- Buzz5 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
Where it ranks
- #20 of the 161 fantasy books we rank
- #26 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #70 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #202 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Fiction) winner (2017)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (2017)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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