Bully
by Penelope Douglas
★ Top 25 book of 2013 · #14 on Best Books of 2013
Tate was once best friends with the boy who now torments her with pranks and rumors. Back from a year away, she is done hiding and determined to fight back during her senior year.
Best for: Readers who like high school enemies-to-more stories with a fierce heroine
Bully is #14 on BookWard's Best Books of 2013, out of 45 2013 books that cleared our data bar.
What Bully is about
Tate and the boy who torments her used to be best friends. Then he turned on her and made it his mission to ruin her life. Through high school she has been humiliated, shut out, and talked about behind her back, and his pranks and rumors have only grown crueler with time. She even spent a year in France to get away from him.
Now Tate is starting her senior year, and she has decided she is done running. Told in her own voice, the novel looks at what it feels like to be targeted by someone who once knew you best, and at the nerve it takes to finally fight back.
Bully on the Best Books of 2013
Bully came out in 2013. Of the 45 books first published in 2013 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #14 on our Best Books of 2013 list.
Why it made the list: 352 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (11 ratings); 22 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2013 list
- Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan, #12
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, #13
- Inferno Dan Brown, #15
- And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini, #16
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More years: Best Books of 2012 Best Books of 2014.
The numbers behind it
- Readers: 313 want to read it, 22 are reading it now and 17 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 11 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 62 | 55% |
| Reader love | 84 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 69 | 20% |
Questions about Bully
When was Bully published?
Bully by Penelope Douglas was first published in 2013.
Was Bully one of the best books of 2013?
Bully is #14 on BookWard's Best Books of 2013, out of 45 2013 books that cleared our data bar. 352 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (11 ratings); 22 are reading it right now.
Why is Bully on the Best Books of 2013 list?
352 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (11 ratings); 22 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2013
- House of Hades Rick Riordan, #1
- Hard Luck Jeff Kinney, #2
- Crown of Midnight Sarah J. Maas, #3
- The Screaming Staircase Jonathan Stroud, #4
- Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi, #5
- The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, #6
See the full Best Books of 2013, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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