White TeethModern · Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
White Teeth
2000 · 448 pages · Fiction
53
Modern
★ 3.79 on Goodreads · 182K ratings
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (2000). On 3 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.79★ from 182K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
53Must-Read Score
- Critics88 out of 100 · counts 35%+35
- Readers32 out of 100 · counts 50%+18
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #68 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #145 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #453 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (2000)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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