MiddlesexModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary
Middlesex
2002 · 529 pages · Fiction
67
Modern
★ 4.04 on Goodreads · 675K ratings
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2003). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.04★ from 675K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
67Must-Read Score
- Critics78 out of 100 · counts 35%+31
- Readers64 out of 100 · counts 50%+36
- 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
- #14 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #27 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #33 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #111 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2003)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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