BlondeModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical
Blonde
2000 · 1110 pages · Fiction
33
Modern
★ 3.92 on Goodreads · 18K ratings
≈ 28 hours to read · about 8 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (2001). 3.92★ from 18K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
33Must-Read Score
- Critics42 out of 100 · counts 35%+17
- Readers29 out of 100 · counts 50%+16
- 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
- #204 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #284 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #1037 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (2001)
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (2000)
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