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The Cuckoo's Calling
Modern · Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith
2013 · 561 pages · Fiction
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 14 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

#1 New York Times bestseller (5 weeks at #1).

By the numbers

69.4Must-Read Score
  • Readers33 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • Bestseller80 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%

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. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.

Where it ranks

Bestseller

Reads as

Gripping, Moving

How we rank

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