ElmetModern · Fiction, Young Adult, Crime
Elmet
2017 · 311 pages · Fiction
55.5Must-Read
Score Modern
Score Modern
Critics' pick
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
55.5Must-Read Score
- Readers13 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Bestseller3 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Buzz5 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
- #200 of the 219 young adult books we rank
- #531 of the 555 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #1488 of the 1,573 modern books we rank
- #2701 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
Shortlisted
Booker Prize finalist (2017)
Reads as
Gripping
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