Humboldt's GiftClassic · Fiction, Classics, Literature
Humboldt's Gift
1975 · 256 pages · Fiction
32
Classic
★ 3.84 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1976). 3.84★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
32Must-Read Score
- Readers18 out of 100 · counts 40%+8
- Critics67 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+24
- Bestseller1 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- 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
- #146 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #412 of the 520 classics we rank
- #1073 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1976)
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking
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