#7 in Contemporary fiction
Call Me by Your Name
- 256
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction
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About the book
Call Me by Your Name is a 2007 coming-of-age novel written by Italian-American writer André Aciman. Set in the 1980s, the novel centers on the sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between student Elio Perlman and visiting American scholar Oliver, chronicling their relationship and the 20 years that follow. In 2017, it was adapted into a critically acclaimed film of the same name. A sequel, Find Me, was released in October 2019.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 876 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 86% of the weight and the score stays at 7.9 — the Contemporary fiction average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 74 | 8% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 6 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 796 | 91% |
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How long is Call Me by Your Name?
It has 256 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Contemporary fiction.
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