The Spare ManNew · Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure
The Spare Man
2021 · 368 pages · Fiction
Critics' pick
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
59.7Must-Read Score
- Readers23 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics25 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Bestseller18 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Buzz37 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
- #243 of the 313 science fiction books we rank
- #408 of the 481 new books we rank
- #2397 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
Shortlisted
Hugo Award finalist (2023)
Reads as
Adventurous, Gripping
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