The Lovely BonesModern · Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult
The Lovely Bones
2002 · 384 pages · Fiction
39
Modern
★ 3.86 on Goodreads · 2.5M ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the PBS Great American Read list. #1 New York Times bestseller (10 weeks at #1). 3.86★ from 2.5M Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
39Must-Read Score
- Readers20 out of 100 · counts 40%+9
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller84 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+30
- 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
- #21 of the 27 young adult books we rank
- #94 of the 231 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #390 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #857 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (10 weeks at #1)
On the lists
- PBS Great American Read
Reads as
Gripping, Epic
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