A Lesson Before DyingModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics
A Lesson Before Dying
1993 · 256 pages · Fiction
45
Modern
★ 3.99 on Goodreads · 67K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1993). 3.99★ from 67K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
45Must-Read Score
- Critics46 out of 100 · counts 35%+19
- Readers46 out of 100 · counts 50%+26
- 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
- #142 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #205 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #713 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1993)
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