The Keepers of the HouseClassic · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics
The Keepers of the House
1964 · 320 pages · Fiction
46
Classic
★ 4.01 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1965). 4.01★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
46Must-Read Score
- Readers47 out of 100 · counts 40%+21
- Critics67 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+24
- Bestseller6 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #131 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #252 of the 520 classics we rank
- #641 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1965)
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Moving
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