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The March

Modern · Historical Fiction, Fiction, Civil War

The March

by E. L. Doctorow

2005 · 363 pages · Fiction

36 Modern ★ 3.78 on Goodreads · 14K ratings

≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (2005). 3.78★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

36Must-Read Score

Critics69 out of 100 · counts 35%+27
Readers15 out of 100 · counts 50%+9
Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

Where it ranks

#193 of the 256 historical novels we rank
#275 of the 318 modern books we rank
#980 of the 1,344 books we rank

Won

NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (2005)

Shortlisted

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (2006)
National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (2005)

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