The Butcher BoyModern · Fiction, Irish Literature, Ireland
The Butcher Boy
1992 · 215 pages · Fiction
19
Modern
★ 3.83 on Goodreads · 11K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (1992). 3.83★ from 11K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
19Must-Read Score
- Readers16 out of 100 · counts 40%+7
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller1 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.
Where it ranks
- #201 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #629 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1349 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (1992)
Reads as
Gripping, Dark
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