DisgraceModern · Fiction, Africa, South Africa
Disgrace
1999 · 253 pages · Fiction
40
Modern
★ 3.86 on Goodreads · 123K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize winner (1999). 3.86★ from 123K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
40Must-Read Score
- Readers20 out of 100 · counts 40%+9
- Critics75 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+27
- Bestseller26 out of 100 · counts 14%+4
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #372 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #829 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- Booker Prize winner (1999)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (1999)
Reads as
Thought-provoking
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