The Integral TreesClassic · Fiction, Science Fiction
The Integral Trees
1983 · 272 pages · Fiction
55.9Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Critics' pick
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
55.9Must-Read Score
- Readers7 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics43 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Bestseller4 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Buzz0 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
- #287 of the 313 science fiction books we rank
- #743 of the 762 classics we rank
- #2679 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
Shortlisted
Hugo Award finalist (1985)Nebula Award finalist (1984)
Reads as
Adventurous
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