We Need New NamesModern · Fiction, Africa, Zimbabwe
We Need New Names
2013 · 298 pages · Fiction
16
Modern
★ 3.75 on Goodreads · 24K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2013). 3.75★ from 24K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
16Must-Read Score
- Readers6 out of 100 · counts 40%+3
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller9 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- Buzz1 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #644 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1369 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2013)
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