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The Wild Shore
Classic · Science Fiction, Fiction, Post Apocalyptic

The Wild Shore

by Kim Stanley Robinson
1984 · 371 pages · Fiction
11 Classic ★ 3.74 on Goodreads · 4K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Nebula Award finalist (1984). 3.74★ from 4K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

11Must-Read Score
  • Readers5 out of 100 · counts 40%+2
  • Critics24 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+9
  • Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
  • 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.

On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.

Shortlisted

Reads as

Dark, Thought-provoking, Adventurous

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