In the Country of MenModern · Fiction, Africa, Historical Fiction
In the Country of Men
2006 · 246 pages · Fiction
23
Modern
★ 3.77 on Goodreads · 8K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize finalist (2006). 3.77★ from 8K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
23Must-Read Score
- Critics40 out of 100 · counts 35%+16
- Readers12 out of 100 · counts 50%+7
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #244 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #314 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #1262 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2006)
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (2007)
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