The Line of BeautyModern · Fiction, LGBT, Queer
The Line of Beauty
2004 · 438 pages · Fiction
46
Modern
★ 3.78 on Goodreads · 34K ratings
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize winner (2004). On 2 canon lists, including NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. 3.78★ from 34K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
46Must-Read Score
- Critics87 out of 100 · counts 35%+34
- Readers21 out of 100 · counts 50%+12
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #191 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #659 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Booker Prize winner (2004)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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