Lonesome DoveClassic · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Westerns
Lonesome Dove
1985 · 960 pages · Fiction
80
Classic
★ 4.61 on Goodreads · 296K ratings
≈ 24 hours to read · about 7 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1986). 4.61★ from 296K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
80Must-Read Score
- Critics65 out of 100 · counts 35%+26
- Readers95 out of 100 · counts 50%+54
- 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
- #6 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #5 of the 296 classics we rank
- #21 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1986)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (1985)
Reads as
Adventurous, Moving, Epic
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