The Bee StingNew · Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary
The Bee Sting
2023 · 645 pages · Fiction
43
New
★ 3.86 on Goodreads · 159K ratings
≈ 16 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2023). 3.86★ from 159K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
43Must-Read Score
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 35%+13
- Readers41 out of 100 · counts 50%+24
- Buzz37 out of 100 · counts 15%+6
Where it ranks
- #124 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #350 of the 730 new books we rank
- #789 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2023)
- Goodreads Choice (fiction) finalist (2023)
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