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Modern · Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

Borderline

by Mishell Baker
2016 · 390 pages · Fiction
60.8Must-Read
Score Modern
Critics' pick
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

By the numbers

60.8Must-Read Score
  • Readers39 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics24 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Bestseller10 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • Buzz4 out of 100 · counts 10%

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. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.

Where it ranks

Why it made the list

Shortlisted
Nebula Award finalist (2016)

Reads as

Gripping

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