#160 in Historical fiction
Drood
- 963
- Pages
- about 18 h
- Reading time
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Our view
In “Drood”, Dan Simmons turns Charles Dickens’s final five years into a dark literary mystery. The novel threads a great deal of historical research through its suspense. Some readers find it gripping and chilling; others feel the weight of period detail smothers the plot and give up along the way. With more than nine hundred pages, it rewards readers happy to settle into nineteenth-century England for a long stay.
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About the book
Drood is a novel written by Dan Simmons. The book was initially published on February 1, 2009 by Little, Brown and Company. It is a fictionalized account of the last five years of Charles Dickens' life.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 76 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 34% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Historical fiction average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.1 | 7 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 69 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Drood?
It has 963 pages — longer than 92% of the ranked books in Historical fiction.
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