Time's ArrowModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Time's Arrow
1991 · 165 pages · Fiction
16
Modern
★ 3.76 on Goodreads · 19K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 4 hours to read · about 8 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (1991). 3.76★ from 19K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
16Must-Read Score
- Readers7 out of 100 · counts 40%+3
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller6 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
- #207 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #243 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #645 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1371 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (1991)
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