The Shipping News (4th Estate Matchbook Classics)
Modern · Fiction, Literary Fiction, Canada
The Shipping News (4th Estate Matchbook Classics)
1993 · 368 pages · Fiction
50
Modern
★ 3.88 on Goodreads · 156K ratings
Critics' pick · Lifetime bestseller
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1994) and 1 more win. On the BBC's The Big Read list. 3.88★ from 156K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
50Must-Read Score
- Readers24 out of 100 · counts 40%+11
- Critics91 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+32
- Bestseller43 out of 100 · counts 14%+7
- 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
- #51 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #241 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #531 of the 1,404 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1994)
- National Book Award (Fiction) winner (1993)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (1993)
On the lists
- BBC's The Big Read
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking
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