The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de ZoetModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Japan
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
2010 · 479 pages · Fiction
38
Modern
★ 4.03 on Goodreads · 69K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2010). 4.03★ from 69K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
38Must-Read Score
- Readers52 out of 100 · counts 40%+23
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller20 out of 100 · counts 14%+3
- 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.
Where it ranks
- #182 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #402 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #880 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2010)
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