The Wasp FactoryClassic · Fiction, Classics, Fantasy
The Wasp Factory
1984 · 244 pages · Fiction
56.7Must-Read
Score Classic
Score Classic
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
By the numbers
56.7Must-Read Score
- Readers12 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller43 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- 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
- #411 of the 459 fantasy books we rank
- #741 of the 762 classics we rank
- #2634 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
On the lists
BBC's The Big Read
Reads as
Adventurous, Thought-provoking, Moving
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