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Cover of The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora GossThe Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
Modern · Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

by Theodora Goss
2017 · 402 pages · Fiction
Critics' pick
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

By the numbers

59.2Must-Read Score
  • Readers28 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics24 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Bestseller24 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

Why it made the list

Shortlisted
Nebula Award finalist (2017)

Reads as

Gripping

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