Small World: An Academic RomanceClassic · Fiction, Humor, British Literature
Small World: An Academic Romance
1984 · 352 pages · Fiction
22
Classic
★ 3.88 on Goodreads · 7K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (1984). 3.88★ from 7K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
22Must-Read Score
- Readers23 out of 100 · counts 40%+10
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (1984)
Reads as
Funny, Uplifting
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