The Blind AssassinModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery
The Blind Assassin
2000 · 641 pages · Fiction
57
Modern
★ 3.96 on Goodreads · 168K ratings
≈ 16 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize winner (2000). On the TIME All-TIME 100 Novels list. 3.96★ from 168K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
57Must-Read Score
- Critics78 out of 100 · counts 35%+31
- Readers46 out of 100 · counts 50%+26
- 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
- #19 of the 140 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #69 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #113 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #326 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Booker Prize winner (2000)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
Reads as
Moving, Gripping, Thought-provoking
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