The Days of AbandonmentModern · Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
The Days of Abandonment
2002 · 188 pages · Fiction
37
Modern
★ 3.86 on Goodreads · 65K ratings
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.86★ from 65K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
37Must-Read Score
- Critics49 out of 100 · counts 35%+20
- Readers30 out of 100 · counts 50%+17
- 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
- #157 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #272 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #969 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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