The Tale of the Body Thief
Modern · Fiction, Vampires, Fantasy
The Tale of the Body Thief
1992 · 452 pages · Fiction
57.5Must-Read
Score Modern
Score Modern
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (4 weeks at #1).
By the numbers
57.5Must-Read Score
- Readers7 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller53 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
- #78 of the 86 horror books we rank
- #402 of the 461 fantasy books we rank
- #1419 of the 1,575 modern books we rank
- #2585 of the 2,819 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (4 weeks at #1)
- One of the ten best-selling books of 1992 (Publishers Weekly)
Reads as
Dark, Gripping
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