The Passage
by Justin Cronin
★ Top 25 book of 2010 · #22 on Best Books of 2010
A Ballantine Books release, this novel debuted at number three on the New York Times hardcover fiction list. It opens a trilogy, followed later by The Twelve and The City of Mirrors.
Best for: Readers who like starting a complete, multi-book trilogy they can finish
The Passage is #22 on BookWard's Best Books of 2010, out of 43 2010 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Passage is about
Justin Cronin's The Passage, published in 2010 by Ballantine Books, opens a large-scale trilogy. It entered the New York Times hardcover fiction list at number three and stayed on it for seven more weeks. The story continues in The Twelve, which appeared in 2012, and concludes with The City of Mirrors in 2016. The trilogy is complete, so new readers can start knowing the whole story is finished.
The Passage on the Best Books of 2010
The Passage came out in 2010. Of the 43 books first published in 2010 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #22 on our Best Books of 2010 list.
Why it made the list: 425 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.9 out of 5 (43 ratings). 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 2010 list
- The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee, #20
- The Scorch Trials James Dashner, #21
- The Big Short Michael Lewis, #23
- Big Nate Strikes Again Lincoln Peirce, #24
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 347 want to read it, 17 are reading it now and 61 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.9 out of 5 from 43 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 60 | 55% |
| Reader love | 26 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 44 | 20% |
Questions about The Passage
When was The Passage published?
The Passage by Justin Cronin was first published in 2010.
Was The Passage one of the best books of 2010?
The Passage is #22 on BookWard's Best Books of 2010, out of 43 2010 books that cleared our data bar. 425 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.9 out of 5 (43 ratings).
Why is The Passage on the Best Books of 2010 list?
425 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.9 out of 5 (43 ratings).
More of the best books of 2010
- The Lost Hero Rick Riordan, #1
- The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, #2
- Divergent Veronica Roth, #3
- The Personal MBA Josh Kaufman, #4
- The Red Pyramid Rick Riordan, #5
- It's Not Summer Without You Jenny Han, #6
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How we know
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