HousekeepingClassic · Fiction, Classics, Literary Fiction
Housekeeping
1980 · 219 pages · Fiction
38
Classic
★ 3.81 on Goodreads · 61K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1982). On the TIME All-TIME 100 Novels list. 3.81★ from 61K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
38Must-Read Score
- Readers13 out of 100 · counts 40%+6
- Critics80 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+29
- Bestseller22 out of 100 · counts 14%+3
- 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
- #113 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #350 of the 520 classics we rank
- #895 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1982)
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1983)
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking
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