The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoModern · Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2007 · 335 pages · Fiction
59
Modern
★ 3.89 on Goodreads · 284K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2008) and 1 more win. On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.89★ from 284K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
59Must-Read Score
- Critics88 out of 100 · counts 35%+35
- Readers43 out of 100 · counts 50%+24
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #27 of the 161 fantasy books we rank
- #37 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #98 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #272 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2008)
- NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (2007)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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