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The Lowland

Modern · Fiction, India, Historical Fiction

The Lowland

by Jhumpa Lahiri

2013 · Fiction

38 Modern ★ 3.88 on Goodreads · 98K ratings

Is it worth reading?

Booker Prize finalist (2013). 3.88★ from 98K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

38Must-Read Score

Critics42 out of 100 · counts 35%+17
Readers36 out of 100 · counts 50%+21
Buzz1 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

Where it ranks

#190 of the 256 historical novels we rank
#270 of the 318 modern books we rank
#959 of the 1,344 books we rank

Shortlisted

Booker Prize finalist (2013)
National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (2013)

Reads as

Moving, Thought-provoking

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