The Children's BookModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical
The Children's Book
2009 · 675 pages · Fiction
13
Modern
★ 3.70 on Goodreads · 19K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 17 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2009). 3.70★ from 19K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
13Must-Read Score
- Readers1 out of 100 · counts 40%+0
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller7 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- 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
- #248 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #658 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1387 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2009)
Reads as
Moving, Epic
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