Middle PassageModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, African American
Middle Passage
1990 · 209 pages · Fiction
33
Modern
★ 3.85 on Goodreads · 6K ratings
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Fiction) winner (1990). 3.85★ from 6K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
33Must-Read Score
- Critics62 out of 100 · counts 35%+24
- Readers15 out of 100 · counts 50%+9
- 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
- #206 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #285 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #1039 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Fiction) winner (1990)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (1990)
Reads as
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