James JoyceClassic · Biography, Nonfiction, Ireland
James Joyce
1959 · 887 pages · Nonfiction
59
Classic
★ 4.34 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
≈ 22 hours to read · about 6 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1960). 4.34★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
59Must-Read Score
- Critics51 out of 100 · counts 35%+20
- Readers67 out of 100 · counts 50%+39
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #44 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #103 of the 296 classics we rank
- #297 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1960)
Reads as
True story
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