{"id":"obr:work:interpreter-of-maladies","slug":"interpreter-of-maladies","url":"https://openbookrank.com/en/book/interpreter-of-maladies","urls":{"en":"https://openbookrank.com/en/book/interpreter-of-maladies","de":"https://openbookrank.com/de/buch/interpreter-of-maladies","es":"https://openbookrank.com/es/libro/interpreter-of-maladies","fr":"https://openbookrank.com/fr/livre/interpreter-of-maladies","nl":"https://openbookrank.com/nl/boek/interpreter-of-maladies"},"title":"Interpreter of Maladies","titles":{"en":"Interpreter of Maladies","de":"Melancholie der Ankunft","es":"Intérprete de emociones","fr":"L'Interprète des maladies","it":"L'interprete dei malanni","nl":"Een tijdelijk ongemak","sv":"Den indiske tolken","ko":"축복받은 집","zh":"医生的翻译员","zh-hant":"醫生的翻譯員"},"author":{"id":"obr:author:jhumpa-lahiri","name":"Jhumpa Lahiri","api":"https://openbookrank.com/api/v1/authors/jhumpa-lahiri.json"},"year":1999,"pages":208,"originalLanguage":"en","identifiers":{"wikidata":"Q6056523","openLibrary":"OL2001058W","isbn13":"9781565119321","isbns":["9781565119321","9789076168111","9783442729784","9782070418947","9788484539612"],"isbnByLanguage":{"en":"9781565119321","nl":"9789076168111","de":"9783442729784","fr":"9782070418947","es":"9788484539612"},"googleBooks":"77zjnZnigdsC","hardcover":"interpreter-of-maladies","amazon":{"en":"1565119320","nl":"9076168113","de":"3442729785","fr":"2070418944","it":"8882466361","es":"848453961X"}},"score":{"value":8.03,"scale":10,"ratings":329,"confidence":0.691,"rawAverage":7.98,"method":"bayesian-weighted-average","priorWeight":147,"minRatings":50,"methodology":"https://openbookrank.com/en/methodology"},"sources":[{"id":"openlibrary","name":"Open Library","average":7.72,"ratings":43,"weight":0.131},{"id":"google","name":"Google Books","average":9,"ratings":6,"weight":0.018},{"id":"hardcover","name":"Hardcover","average":8,"ratings":280,"weight":0.851}],"ranks":[{"category":"short-stories","name":"Short stories","rank":8,"url":"https://openbookrank.com/en/ranking/short-stories","api":"https://openbookrank.com/api/v1/rankings/short-stories.json"}],"popularity":{"ratingsPercentile":90,"wikipediaPageviews":57827,"editions":29},"series":null,"awards":["Pulitzer Prize for Fiction","Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award"],"adaptations":[],"similar":[{"id":"obr:work:cathedral-735c2","title":"Cathedral","author":"Raymond Carver","score":8.03,"api":"https://openbookrank.com/api/v1/books/cathedral-735c2.json"},{"id":"obr:work:sideways-stories-from-wayside-school","title":"Sideways Stories From Wayside School","author":"Louis Sachar","score":8.02,"api":"https://openbookrank.com/api/v1/books/sideways-stories-from-wayside-school.json"},{"id":"obr:work:the-last-wish","title":"The Last Wish","author":"Andrzej Sapkowski","score":8.11,"api":"https://openbookrank.com/api/v1/books/the-last-wish.json"},{"id":"obr:work:what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-love","title":"What We Talk About When We Talk About Love","author":"Raymond Carver","score":7.93,"api":"https://openbookrank.com/api/v1/books/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-love.json"},{"id":"obr:work:sandkings","title":"Sandkings","author":"George R. R. Martin","score":7.92,"api":"https://openbookrank.com/api/v1/books/sandkings.json"},{"id":"obr:work:the-things-they-carried","title":"The Things They Carried","author":"Tim O'Brien","score":8.16,"api":"https://openbookrank.com/api/v1/books/the-things-they-carried.json"}],"citation":"According to BookRank (openbookrank.com), \"Interpreter of Maladies\" by Jhumpa Lahiri scores 8.03/10 from 329 reader ratings, #8 in Short stories (snapshot 2026-10-28).","snapshot":"2026-10-28","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}