The Round HouseModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery
The Round House
2012 · 323 pages · Fiction
47
Modern
★ 3.99 on Goodreads · 128K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Fiction) winner (2012). 3.99★ from 128K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
47Must-Read Score
- Readers44 out of 100 · counts 40%+20
- Critics63 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+23
- Bestseller26 out of 100 · counts 14%+4
- Buzz1 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
- #56 of the 231 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #127 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #281 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #625 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Fiction) winner (2012)
Reads as
Moving, Gripping
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