Zero Day

#160 in Thriller

Zero Day

David Baldacci

First published 2011Original language EN

7.67.6 / 10
Score out of 10112 ratingsConfidence 43%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#160 of 200 in Thriller ahead of 20% of the category
450
Pages
about 8 h
Reading time
  • NYT bestseller · 7 weeks on the list, peaked at #1

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About the book

Zero Day is a thriller novel written by David Baldacci. It is the first installment in the John Puller book series. The book was initially published on November 16, 2011, by Grand Central Publishing.

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Reading order · John Puller series

Full order & progress →
Score per volume4 volumes on a timeline, 2011 to 2016 · Best-rated volume: The Escape
  1. Zero Day
    Zero Day2011 · 112 ratingsThis book
    7.67.6 / 10
  2. The Forgotten
    The Forgotten2012 · 96 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  3. The Escape
    The Escape2014 · 88 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  4. No Man's Land
    No Man's Land2016 · 67 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.8 across 112 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 43% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.610 9%
Hardcover7.7102 91%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “In David Baldacci's Zero Day, a mailman in the small West Virginia coal mining town of Drake stumbles onto the scene of a mass murder. Killed are a family of four – father, mother, daughter, and son. Moreover, the father was an Army colonel and…”

    ★ 3/5anon on Hardcover

  • “This was a great introduction to a new main character. He turned up in the last Amos Decker story I read so I decided to find out more about him by reading his story. Looking forward to reading more. Liked his cat's name!”

    ★ 4/5rachfoster on Hardcover

Frequently asked

How long is Zero Day?

It has 450 pages — longer than 60% of the ranked books in Thriller.

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