BelovedClassic · Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
Beloved
1987 · 325 pages · Fiction
73
Classic
★ 3.99 on Goodreads · 519K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1988). On 2 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.99★ from 519K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
73Must-Read Score
- Critics92 out of 100 · counts 35%+37
- Readers63 out of 100 · counts 50%+36
- 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
- #19 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #25 of the 296 classics we rank
- #69 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1988)
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1987)
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (1987)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- Bokklubben World Library (100 greatest books)
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