The Restraint of BeastsModern · Fiction, Humor, Contemporary
The Restraint of Beasts
1998 · 214 pages · Fiction
22
Modern
★ 3.87 on Goodreads · 4K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (1998). 3.87★ from 4K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
22Must-Read Score
- Readers22 out of 100 · counts 40%+10
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- 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.
On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (1998)
Reads as
Funny, Uplifting
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