The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, War
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2013 · 448 pages · Fiction
51
Modern
★ 4.04 on Goodreads · 66K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize winner (2014). 4.04★ from 66K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
51Must-Read Score
- Readers53 out of 100 · counts 40%+24
- Critics67 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+24
- Bestseller19 out of 100 · counts 14%+3
- Buzz2 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
- #100 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #223 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #495 of the 1,404 books we rank
Won
- Booker Prize winner (2014)
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