Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American DreamerModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
1996 · 306 pages · Fiction
28
Modern
★ 3.55 on Goodreads · 11K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1997). 3.55★ from 11K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
28Must-Read Score
- Readers0 out of 100 · counts 40%+0
- Critics77 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+28
- 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
- #170 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #221 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #545 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1184 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1997)
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1996)
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