Gravity’s RainbowClassic · Fiction, Classics, Literature
Gravity’s Rainbow
1973 · 776 pages · Fiction
63
Classic
★ 4.02 on Goodreads · 51K ratings
≈ 19 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Fiction) winner (1974). On the TIME All-TIME 100 Novels list. 4.02★ from 51K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
63Must-Read Score
- Critics76 out of 100 · counts 35%+30
- Readers57 out of 100 · counts 50%+33
- 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
- #25 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #70 of the 296 classics we rank
- #194 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Fiction) winner (1974)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Moving, Epic
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