All the King's MenClassic · Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
All the King's Men
1946 · 439 pages · Nonfiction
72
Classic
★ 4.09 on Goodreads · 68K ratings
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1947). On 2 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 4.09★ from 68K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
72Must-Read Score
- Critics88 out of 100 · counts 35%+35
- Readers65 out of 100 · counts 50%+37
- 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
- #26 of the 296 classics we rank
- #70 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1947)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels
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