Waterland (Vintage International)
Classic · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Waterland (Vintage International)
1983 · 368 pages · Fiction
23
Classic
★ 3.89 on Goodreads · 11K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (1983). 3.89★ from 11K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
23Must-Read Score
- Readers25 out of 100 · counts 40%+11
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller1 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.
Where it ranks
- #190 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #231 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #492 of the 519 classics we rank
- #1283 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (1983)
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