The Heart Is a Lonely HunterClassic · Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1940 · 359 pages · Fiction
62
Classic
★ 3.99 on Goodreads · 125K ratings
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On 2 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.99★ from 125K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
62Must-Read Score
- Critics74 out of 100 · counts 35%+29
- Readers57 out of 100 · counts 50%+33
- 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
- #49 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #79 of the 296 classics we rank
- #217 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels
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