South of BroadModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Southern
South of Broad
2009 · 514 pages · Fiction
25
Modern
★ 3.88 on Goodreads · 52K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (2 weeks at #1). 3.88★ from 52K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
25Must-Read Score
- Readers24 out of 100 · counts 40%+11
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller40 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+14
- 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
- #225 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #572 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1238 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (2 weeks at #1)
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