Mao IIModern · Fiction, Literature, American
Mao II
1991 · 241 pages · Fiction
12
Modern
★ 3.70 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1992). 3.70★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
12Must-Read Score
- Readers1 out of 100 · counts 40%+0
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller3 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
- #209 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #660 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1390 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1992)
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