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What We Can Know
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What We Can Know

by Ian McEwan
2025 · 303 pages · Fiction
32 New ★ 3.81 on Goodreads · 52K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (fiction) finalist (2025). 3.81★ from 52K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

32Must-Read Score
  • Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
  • Readers28 out of 100 · counts 50%+16
  • Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12

Where it ranks

Shortlisted

Reads as

Thought-provoking, Dark, Moving

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