The Last SamuraiModern · Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
The Last Samurai
2000 · 544 pages · Fiction
49
Modern
★ 4.11 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
≈ 14 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.11★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
49Must-Read Score
- Critics49 out of 100 · counts 35%+19
- Readers52 out of 100 · counts 50%+30
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #89 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #173 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #584 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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