#104 in Adventure
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
- 306
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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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 81% of the weight and the score stays at 7.5 — the Adventure average of 7.5 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 53 | 7% |
| Google Books | 6.0 | 34 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 688 | 89% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“DNF at 30%: I can't be bothered to enjoy something that brings up Google THIS much, and Clay is not an interesting enough character to make up for that in my books, I'm afraid.”
“There were multiple valliant attempts by the author to make the story exciting, but it just never landed for me. Perhaps it was more interesting when the story was written in 2012, and the possibilities of what Google would become seemed wide open.”
“MR PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE actually wasn't a book I was planning on reading, although there were whispers about it everywhere I looked. Then a friend mentioned that they'd enjoyed it and their observations are always spot on, so I thought I'd take a look. And I must admit I found it absolutely fabulous. Of course there are a lot of elements that would appeal to somebody like me - a passionate love of books, and secrets, and the secrets that books can contain, a geeky sensibility where the solving of puzzles is regarded as perfectly normal, and the realisation that Google is ubiquitous in…”
Frequently asked
What is Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore rated?
7.5 out of 10, from 775 reader ratings across 3 independent sources.
Is Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore worth reading?
Readers give it 7.5/10 from 775 ratings, which puts it ahead of 17 % of the Adventure shelf.
How long does it take to read Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore?
About 6 hours at an average reading pace — 306 pages.
Where does Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore rank?
#104 in Adventure on the current snapshot.
How long is Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore?
It has 306 pages — shorter than 88% of the ranked books in Adventure.
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