The market front
New Literary fiction books
12 books released in the last eighteen months, best first.
What is new and already good
5 of these have cleared the ordinary bar of 50 ratings; 7 carry an early score from 20 to 49 ratings. The newest arrival is “Land: A Novel” by Maggie O'Farrell.
An early score uses the same formula as everything else, pulled harder toward the category mean until more readers vote. The chip on a row says how much of the number is the readers’ own. Method →
- Mina vänner281 ratings
8.38.3 / 10 - Road to Tender Hearts77 ratings
8.38.3 / 10 - Good People22 ratings
8.38.3 / 10 - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny31 ratings
8.28.2 / 10 - Transcription50 ratings
8.18.1 / 10 - Cursed Daughters33 ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - The Bright Years52 ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - Land: A Novel26 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - The Life of Chuck41 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - Seascraper49 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - What Kind of Paradise40 ratings
7.87.8 / 10 - Vigil52 ratings
7.77.7 / 10
What is the best new Literary fiction book?
“Mina vänner” by Fredrik Backman scores 8.3/10 from 281 reader ratings, the highest of the releases we have enough readers for.
What does “early score” mean?
The book has between 20 and 49 reader ratings. It gets a page and a place on this list, but it does not enter category rankings until it reaches 50, like every other book.
How is this list built?
From reader ratings only: the same Bayesian score as everywhere on the site, with releases of the last eighteen months and at least 20 ratings. Sales, marketing and prizes do not enter it. Refreshed daily.