The Big SleepClassic · Mystery, Fiction, Classics
The Big Sleep
1939 · 231 pages · Fiction
55
Classic
★ 3.93 on Goodreads · 175K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On 2 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.93★ from 175K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
55Must-Read Score
- Critics66 out of 100 · counts 35%+26
- Readers50 out of 100 · counts 50%+29
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #22 of the 140 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #128 of the 296 classics we rank
- #395 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
Reads as
Gripping
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