The HoursModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
The Hours
1998 · 230 pages · Fiction
52
Modern
★ 3.96 on Goodreads · 152K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1999). 3.96★ from 152K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
52Must-Read Score
- Critics65 out of 100 · counts 35%+26
- Readers46 out of 100 · counts 50%+26
- 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
- #73 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #96 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #157 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #491 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1999)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (1998)
Reads as
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