The Transit of VenusClassic · Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
The Transit of Venus
1980 · 337 pages · Fiction
52
Classic
★ 4.02 on Goodreads · 6K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1980). 4.02★ from 6K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
52Must-Read Score
- Critics68 out of 100 · counts 35%+28
- Readers43 out of 100 · counts 50%+24
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #100 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #150 of the 296 classics we rank
- #497 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1980)
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1982)
Reads as
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