The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
2000 · 639 pages · Fiction
76
Modern
★ 4.19 on Goodreads · 217K ratings
≈ 16 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2001). On the Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.19★ from 217K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
76Must-Read Score
- Critics80 out of 100 · counts 35%+32
- Readers78 out of 100 · counts 50%+44
- 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
- #6 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #14 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #18 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #37 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2001)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (2000)
On the lists
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
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