Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a FamilyClassic · Classics, Fiction, German Literature
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
1901 · 731 pages · Fiction
60
Classic
★ 4.21 on Goodreads · 39K ratings
≈ 18 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the Bokklubben World Library (100 greatest books) list. 4.21★ from 39K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
60Must-Read Score
- Critics45 out of 100 · counts 35%+18
- Readers74 out of 100 · counts 50%+42
- 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
- #35 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #90 of the 296 classics we rank
- #263 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- Bokklubben World Library (100 greatest books)
Reads as
Moving, Epic
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