A Bell for Adano - John Hersey - The Franklin Library - Gary Kelley Illustrations
Classic · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics
A Bell for Adano - John Hersey - The Franklin Library - Gary Kelley Illustrations
1944 · 335 pages · Fiction
46
Classic
★ 3.99 on Goodreads · 9K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1945). 3.99★ from 9K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
46Must-Read Score
- Critics56 out of 100 · counts 35%+23
- Readers41 out of 100 · counts 50%+23
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #134 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #194 of the 296 classics we rank
- #674 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1945)
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