Tales of the South PacificClassic · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Stories
Tales of the South Pacific
1947 · 384 pages · Fiction
52
Classic
★ 4.04 on Goodreads · 17K ratings
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1948). 4.04★ from 17K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
52Must-Read Score
- Critics56 out of 100 · counts 35%+23
- Readers52 out of 100 · counts 50%+29
- 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
- #94 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #146 of the 296 classics we rank
- #482 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1948)
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