Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
★ Top 25 book of 2011 · #14 on Best Books of 2011
In New Beijing, Cinder is a gifted mechanic and cyborg who is looked down on by society and her stepmother. A connection with Prince Kai pulls her into a struggle that threatens Earth's future.
Best for: Readers who enjoy futuristic fairy-tale retellings with cyborgs, royalty, and forbidden attraction
Cinder is #14 on BookWard's Best Books of 2011, out of 53 2011 books that cleared our data bar.
What Cinder is about
New Beijing is a city of crowded streets where people and androids share the pavement, and a deadly plague is spreading through its population. Overhead, the ruthless people of the moon watch and wait. Cinder is a skilled mechanic and a cyborg, treated as a second-class citizen with a past she cannot explain. Her stepmother despises her and blames her for a stepsister's illness. Then her path crosses with Prince Kai, and she is drawn into a conflict far bigger than her own life, along with an attraction that is not allowed. To protect her world, she will have to learn the truth about where she comes from.
Marissa Meyer's 2011 novel moves quickly and invents freely, weaving questions of identity, prejudice and fate into an adventure. It will appeal to readers who like science fiction with a fairy-tale shape and a heroine who has to fight for her place.
Cinder on the Best Books of 2011
Cinder came out in 2011. Of the 53 books first published in 2011 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #14 on our Best Books of 2011 list.
Why it made the list: 900 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (55 ratings); 48 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 2011 list
- Outwitting the Devil Napoleon Hill, #12
- The Lean Startup Eric Ries, #13
- Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, #15
- The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, #16
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 737 want to read it, 48 are reading it now and 115 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.1 out of 5 from 55 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 74 | 55% |
| Reader love | 58 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 74 | 20% |
Questions about Cinder
When was Cinder published?
Cinder by Marissa Meyer was first published in 2011.
Was Cinder one of the best books of 2011?
Cinder is #14 on BookWard's Best Books of 2011, out of 53 2011 books that cleared our data bar. 900 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (55 ratings); 48 are reading it right now.
Why is Cinder on the Best Books of 2011 list?
900 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (55 ratings); 48 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2011
- Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, #1
- The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, #2
- Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, #3
- Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson, #4
- The Son of Neptune Rick Riordan, #5
- The Mark of Athena Rick Riordan, #6
See the full Best Books of 2011, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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