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Critic score 94. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience score 81. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

Life After Life won the Costa; the Jackson Brodie novels became a BBC series.

Twelve days out; no chart run we could confirm yet.

Critic score 92. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience score 83. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

Station Eleven has sold for a decade and became an HBO series; The Glass Hotel and Sea of Tranquility followed.

Twelve days out. The reviews are the best of her career, and no chart run we could confirm yet.

Critic score 83. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience score 86. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

Bel Canto won the Orange Prize, The Dutch House was a Pulitzer finalist, Tom Lake was a bestseller.

Number one on the New York Times list in June, and past 200,000 Goodreads ratings in four months, the most of any novel here.

Critic score 91. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience score 84. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

Snow Hunters and Run Me to Earth were admired and sold quietly. This is the first one to break out.

August's best-reviewed novel, and nearly 5,000 ratings in eight weeks at 4.21, more readers than any of his earlier books found.

Critic score 83. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience score 84. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

Hamnet won the 2020 Women's Prize and became a film; The Marriage Portrait was a bestseller.

A New York Times bestseller with 50,000 Goodreads ratings in four months.

Critic score 81. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience score 82. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

Olive Kitteridge won the Pulitzer; Olive and Lucy Barton have carried eight novels since.

Shortlisted for the 2026 Booker (winner Nov 9), with 99,000 Goodreads ratings in five months.

Critic score 93. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience score 72. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

The Tiger's Wife won the 2011 Orange Prize; Inland and The Morningside followed.

The raves haven't carried readers: 1,500 ratings in seven weeks at a 3.59 average, the lowest of any book here.

Critic score 90. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience score 76. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

Native Speaker won the PEN/Hemingway; The Surrendered was a Pulitzer finalist.

Fewer than 900 ratings in seven weeks. The raves are the story so far, not the readers.

Critic score 88. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience score 81. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

These Truths and If Then; New York Burning won the Bancroft Prize.

A month out with 640 ratings. Too early to call.

Critic score 81. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience score 81. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

A first book, grown from a 2023 Modern Love column.

Debuted at number one on the New York Times list and spent seven weeks there in a run of more than thirty; 340,000 Goodreads ratings; Netflix bought it for Gwyneth Paltrow.