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Cover of The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon SandersonThe Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
New · Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

by Brandon Sanderson
2023 · 366 pages · Fiction
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

By the numbers

55.0Must-Read Score
  • Readers15 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • Bestseller31 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

Reads as

Adventurous, Funny, Epic

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