The Great Train RobberyClassic · Fiction, Adventure, Crime
The Great Train Robbery
1975 · 329 pages · Fiction
61.4Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
61.4Must-Read Score
- Readers26 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller48 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
- #412 of the 555 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #644 of the 762 classics we rank
- #2242 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
Bestseller
One of the ten best-selling books of 1975 (Publishers Weekly)
Reads as
Gripping, Adventurous
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