Native SonClassic · Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
Native Son
1940 · 504 pages · Fiction
66
Classic
★ 4.05 on Goodreads · 108K ratings
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On 2 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 4.05★ from 108K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
66Must-Read Score
- Critics74 out of 100 · counts 35%+29
- Readers64 out of 100 · counts 50%+37
- 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
- #34 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #54 of the 296 classics we rank
- #137 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Moving
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