The Ipcress FileClassic · Fiction, Classics, Adventure
The Ipcress File
1962 · 248 pages · Fiction
51.5Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
51.5Must-Read Score
- Readers2 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics30 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.
Where it ranks
Why it made the list
On the lists
Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read
Reads as
Gripping, Adventurous, Dark
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