The Magnificent AmbersonsClassic · Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
The Magnificent Ambersons
1918 · 288 pages · Fiction
42
Classic
★ 3.79 on Goodreads · 12K ratings
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1919). On the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list. 3.79★ from 12K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
42Must-Read Score
- Critics78 out of 100 · counts 35%+31
- Readers20 out of 100 · counts 50%+11
- 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
- #162 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #219 of the 296 classics we rank
- #806 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1919)
On the lists
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels
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