The Years of Rice and SaltModern · Fiction, Science Fiction, Alternate History
The Years of Rice and Salt
2002 · 717 pages · Fiction
14
Modern
★ 3.77 on Goodreads · 16K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 18 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Hugo Award finalist (2003). 3.77★ from 16K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
14Must-Read Score
- Readers8 out of 100 · counts 40%+4
- Critics25 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+9
- Bestseller5 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- 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
- #139 of the 141 science fiction books we rank
- #655 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1385 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Hugo Award finalist (2003)
Reads as
Adventurous, Epic
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