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The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark

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The Girls of Slender Means (original 1963; edition 1963)

by Muriel Spark

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
1,281	56	14,152	(3.65)	230

Popularity

Popularity is position on a rank-ordered list of the number of copies of a works cataloged during a given period. If multiple works have the same number of copies during that period they share a popularity number.

Overall popularity: 14,152

Popularity year-by-year (top 100,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Popularity	20,041	21,219	16,647	16,241	17,538	12,606	13,028	14,027	9,495	14,565	11,817	13,554	14,630	8,721	12,425	17,409	14,765	27,564	31,975

Popularity quarter-by-quarter (top 25,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Q1		17,654	13,091	16,113	15,869	13,190	9,558	17,686	11,266	16,632	8,985	13,673	10,996	4,789	10,252	19,656	11,985	24,209
Q2		17,432	16,743	18,753	16,918	13,210	15,943	11,781	7,187	22,729	17,837	16,245	16,898	14,153	14,219	15,272	17,909
Q3	10,230	24,637	20,028	19,556	19,183	14,816	11,692	18,527	13,400	11,453	12,738	14,199	15,842	11,671	13,332	14,881	22,829
Q4	21,439	23,607	21,145	12,867	17,300	10,445		12,011	9,494	10,995	12,055	13,137	16,892	12,272	11,851	24,025	10,988	23,455

Popularity month-by-month (top 10,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Jan
Feb			9,832				7,685				5,349			3,447	5,106
Mar							7,513		9,178		9,590		5,473	3,841			9,379
Apr						7,863		7,623	4,497
May								8,005			7,874	8,144	8,557	7,962
Jun									9,341						9,462
Jul							9,693			6,839				8,193
Aug										7,638					9,308	9,308
Sept												5,762
Oct									6,202			7,685	8,180		9,957		7,859
Nov										7,558
Dec						7,815		6,345		9,261	7,338				8,988		9,796

Cumulative popularity by month (top 100,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Jan		14,061	19,837	18,240	16,938	16,725	15,890	15,385	15,090	14,224	14,041	13,671	13,613	13,461	12,893	12,660	12,760	12,802	13,351
Feb		14,389	18,267	18,145	16,804	16,649	15,692	15,373	15,050	14,272	13,960	13,678	13,589	13,294	12,796	12,678	12,766	12,816	13,384
Mar		16,065	17,903	17,770	16,874	16,610	15,491	15,325	14,903	14,256	13,906	13,666	13,494	13,065	12,776	12,680	12,725	12,811	13,388
Apr		17,868	17,830	18,057	16,896	16,350	15,453	15,196	14,478	14,223	13,938	13,693	13,468	13,061	12,745	12,669	12,775	12,833	13,448
May		17,634	17,210	18,120	16,910	16,443	15,411	15,064	14,526	14,205	13,860	13,629	13,415	13,004	12,789	12,673	12,769	12,888	13,512
Jun		16,878	17,751	17,767	16,853	16,380	15,418	15,178	14,459	14,286	13,860	13,663	13,496	13,033	12,736	12,705	12,756	12,918	13,578
Jul		17,448	17,794	18,049	17,204	16,212	15,278	15,142	14,430	14,175	13,875	13,660	13,487	12,975	12,740	12,719	12,762	13,017	13,628
Aug		20,454	17,696	18,051	17,029	16,289	15,244	15,164	14,438	14,097	13,830	13,728	13,522	12,979	12,692	12,666	12,823	13,080	13,731
Sept	10,230	19,499	17,899	17,697	16,948	16,245	15,172	15,210	14,370	14,147	13,811	13,633	13,491	12,954	12,704	12,686	12,837	13,147	13,791
Oct	11,352	19,731	18,037	17,412	17,206	16,143	15,236	15,202	14,248	14,154	13,863	13,575	13,424	12,925	12,668	12,711	12,782	13,209	13,791
Nov	11,996	20,291	18,570	17,322	17,087	16,064	15,300	15,222	14,238	14,082	13,802	13,619	13,436	12,910	12,678	12,742	12,776	13,224
Dec	14,777	20,264	18,077	16,974	16,921	15,828	15,337	15,064	14,239	14,054	13,710	13,601	13,484	12,918	12,625	12,792	12,742	13,264

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Genres

General Fiction

Fiction and Literature

Melvil Decimal System (DDC)

823.914Literature › English & Old English literatures › English fiction › Modern Period › 1901-1999 › 1945-1999

LC Classification

PR6037.P29Language and Literature › English › English Literature › 1900-1960

Rating

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(3.65)

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2.5	8
3	76
3.5	34
4	124
4.5	13
5	46

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