The Mandarins
Classic ·
The Mandarins
1954 · 752 pages · Fiction
69.9Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 19 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
One of the ten best-selling books of 1956 (Publishers Weekly).
By the numbers
69.9Must-Read Score
- Readers72 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller33 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%
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. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
Where it ranks
Bestseller
- One of the ten best-selling books of 1956 (Publishers Weekly)
Reads as
Epic
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