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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
New · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

by James McBride
2023 · 400 pages · Fiction
38 New ★ 3.90 on Goodreads · 345K ratings
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (historical fiction) finalist (2023). 3.90★ from 345K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

38Must-Read Score
  • Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
  • Readers49 out of 100 · counts 50%+28
  • Buzz37 out of 100 · counts 15%+6

Where it ranks

Shortlisted

Reads as

Moving, Gripping

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