Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My HeartModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
1990 · 405 pages · Fiction
23
Modern
★ 3.89 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1990). 3.89★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
23Must-Read Score
- Readers26 out of 100 · counts 40%+12
- Critics30 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- 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.
On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1990)
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