The Vanishing HalfModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary
The Vanishing Half
2020 · 384 pages · Fiction
53
Modern
★ 4.11 on Goodreads · 888K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1). 4.11★ from 888K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
53Must-Read Score
- Readers66 out of 100 · counts 40%+30
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller64 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+23
- 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
- #43 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #88 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #204 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #458 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1)
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