A Death in the FamilyClassic · Fiction, Classics, Literature
A Death in the Family
1957 · 320 pages · Fiction
49
Classic
★ 3.88 on Goodreads · 18K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1958). On the TIME All-TIME 100 Novels list. 3.88★ from 18K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
49Must-Read Score
- Critics78 out of 100 · counts 35%+31
- Readers32 out of 100 · counts 50%+18
- 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
- #88 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #174 of the 296 classics we rank
- #583 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1958)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking
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