GileadModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Gilead
2004 · 247 pages · Fiction
56
Modern
★ 3.85 on Goodreads · 132K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2005) and 1 more win. On 2 canon lists, including NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. 3.85★ from 132K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
56Must-Read Score
- Critics93 out of 100 · counts 35%+37
- Readers34 out of 100 · counts 50%+19
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #56 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #73 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #119 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #349 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2005)
- NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (2004)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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