The Impossible Fortune
New · Fiction, Mystery, Adventure
The Impossible Fortune
2025 · 432 pages · Fiction
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (mystery thriller) finalist (2025). #1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1).
By the numbers
75.4Must-Read Score
- Readers78 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller54 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
- #66 of the 555 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #137 of the 481 new books we rank
- #766 of the 2,819 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1)
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (mystery thriller) finalist (2025)
Reads as
Gripping, Adventurous
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