Oscar WildeClassic · Biography, Nonfiction, History
Oscar Wilde
1987 · 736 pages · Nonfiction
45
Classic
★ 4.02 on Goodreads · 5K ratings
≈ 18 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (1989). 4.02★ from 5K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
45Must-Read Score
- Critics53 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
- Readers42 out of 100 · counts 50%+24
- 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
- #124 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #147 of the 220 history books we rank
- #199 of the 296 classics we rank
- #701 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (1989)
Reads as
True story
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