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Cover of The Integral Trees by Larry NivenThe Integral Trees
Classic · Fiction, Science Fiction

The Integral Trees

by Larry Niven
1983 · 272 pages · Fiction
Critics' pick
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

By the numbers

55.9Must-Read Score
  • Readers7 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics43 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Bestseller4 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • 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.

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Why it made the list

Shortlisted
Hugo Award finalist (1985)Nebula Award finalist (1984)

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