Billy BathgateClassic · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Crime
Billy Bathgate
1989 · 326 pages · Fiction
39
Classic
★ 3.82 on Goodreads · 8K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1989). 3.82★ from 8K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
39Must-Read Score
- Critics69 out of 100 · counts 35%+28
- Readers20 out of 100 · counts 50%+11
- 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
- #72 of the 140 mysteries and thrillers we rank
- #180 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #238 of the 296 classics we rank
- #919 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1989)
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1990)
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1989)
Reads as
Moving, Gripping
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