AmericanahModern · Fiction, Africa, Contemporary
Americanah
2013 · 477 pages · Fiction
81
Modern
★ 4.31 on Goodreads · 428K ratings
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (2013). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.31★ from 428K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
81Must-Read Score
- Critics72 out of 100 · counts 35%+29
- Readers91 out of 100 · counts 50%+52
- Buzz1 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #3 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #7 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #16 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (2013)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Moving
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