Angela's AshesModern · Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography
Angela's Ashes
1996 · 452 pages · Nonfiction
71
Modern
★ 4.16 on Goodreads · 672K ratings
Critics' pick · Lifetime bestseller
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (1997). #1 New York Times bestseller (22 weeks at #1). 4.16★ from 672K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
71Must-Read Score
- Readers72 out of 100 · counts 40%+32
- Critics63 out of 100 · counts 14%+10
- Bestseller80 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+29
- 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
- #17 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #39 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #96 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (1997)
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (22 weeks at #1)
Reads as
True story, Moving
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