The Famished RoadModern · Fiction, Africa, Magical Realism
The Famished Road
1991 · 512 pages · Fiction
29
Modern
★ 3.73 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize winner (1991). 3.73★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
29Must-Read Score
- Critics56 out of 100 · counts 35%+23
- Readers11 out of 100 · counts 50%+6
- 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
- #124 of the 161 fantasy books we rank
- #303 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #1139 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Booker Prize winner (1991)
Reads as
Epic
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