The Poisonwood BibleModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Africa
The Poisonwood Bible
1998 · 546 pages · Fiction
63
Modern
★ 4.12 on Goodreads · 817K ratings
≈ 14 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1999). On the BBC's The Big Read list. 4.12★ from 817K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
63Must-Read Score
- Critics53 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
- Readers72 out of 100 · counts 50%+42
- 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
- #45 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #68 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #199 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1999)
On the lists
- BBC's The Big Read
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking
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