#149 in Adventure
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
- 288
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore” is a light, good-natured mystery, full of affection for old books and new technology. Some find the constant presence of Google dated and the narrator too bland to carry the puzzle. It suits readers after a breezy, low-stakes adventure rather than a tense conspiracy thriller.
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About the book
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is a 2012 novel by American writer Robin Sloan. It was chosen as one of the best 100 books of 2012 by the San Francisco Chronicle, was a New York Times Editor's Choice, and was on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Seller list as well as the NPR Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List. The US book cover, which glows in the dark, was done by Rodrigo Corral and chosen as one of the 25 best book covers for 2012 by BookPage.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 775 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 84% of the weight and the score stays at 7.5 — the Adventure average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 53 | 7% |
| Google Books | 6.0 | 34 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 688 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore?
It has 288 pages — shorter than 94% of the ranked books in Adventure.
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