The Kitchen God's WifeModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, China
The Kitchen God's Wife
1991 · 481 pages · Fiction
45
Modern
★ 4.04 on Goodreads · 91K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (7 weeks at #1). 4.04★ from 91K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
45Must-Read Score
- Readers53 out of 100 · counts 40%+24
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller58 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+21
- Buzz0 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
- #143 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #309 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #684 of the 1,405 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (7 weeks at #1)
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