A Thousand AcresModern · Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary
A Thousand Acres
1991 · 371 pages · Fiction
41
Modern
★ 3.83 on Goodreads · 74K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1992) and 1 more win. 3.83★ from 74K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
41Must-Read Score
- Readers16 out of 100 · counts 40%+7
- Critics86 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+31
- Bestseller20 out of 100 · counts 14%+3
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #99 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #361 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #808 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1992)
- NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1991)
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