Snow CrashModern · Science Fiction, Fiction, Cyberpunk
Snow Crash
1992 · 576 pages · Fiction
48
Modern
★ 4.01 on Goodreads · 305K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 14 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the TIME All-TIME 100 Novels list. 4.01★ from 305K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
48Must-Read Score
- Readers48 out of 100 · counts 40%+22
- Critics59 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+21
- Bestseller33 out of 100 · counts 14%+5
- 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
- #55 of the 141 science fiction books we rank
- #265 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #595 of the 1,405 books we rank
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
Reads as
Adventurous, Thought-provoking, Dark
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