So Many Ways to BeginModern · Fiction, Literary Fiction, British Literature
So Many Ways to Begin
2006 · 343 pages · Fiction
22
Modern
★ 3.88 on Goodreads · 2K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2006). 3.88★ from 2K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
22Must-Read Score
- Readers24 out of 100 · counts 40%+11
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- 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.
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 (2006)
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