The Garden of Evening MistsModern · Historical Fiction, Fiction, Asia
The Garden of Evening Mists
2011 · 333 pages · Fiction
46
Modern
★ 4.15 on Goodreads · 32K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2012). 4.15★ from 32K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
46Must-Read Score
- Readers71 out of 100 · counts 40%+32
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller13 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- Buzz1 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
- #135 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #296 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #652 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2012)
Reads as
Moving, Dark
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