The Executioner's SongClassic · Nonfiction, True Crime, Crime
The Executioner's Song
1979 · 1056 pages · Nonfiction
61
Classic
★ 4.04 on Goodreads · 24K ratings
≈ 26 hours to read · about 7 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1980). 4.04★ from 24K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
61Must-Read Score
- Critics74 out of 100 · counts 35%+30
- Readers55 out of 100 · counts 50%+31
- 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
- #82 of the 296 classics we rank
- #237 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1980)
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1981)
Reads as
Gripping, True story, Dark
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