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Call It Sleep
Classic · Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction

Call It Sleep

by Henry Roth
1934 · 462 pages · Fiction
30 Classic ★ 3.80 on Goodreads · 9K ratings
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

On the TIME All-TIME 100 Novels list. 3.80★ from 9K Goodreads ratings.

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30Must-Read Score
  • Critics49 out of 100 · counts 35%+20
  • Readers18 out of 100 · counts 50%+10
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

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