The Stone DiariesModern · Fiction, Canada, Historical Fiction
The Stone Diaries
1993 · 361 pages · Fiction
47
Modern
★ 3.89 on Goodreads · 43K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1995) and 1 more win. 3.89★ from 43K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
47Must-Read Score
- Readers26 out of 100 · counts 40%+12
- Critics90 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+33
- Bestseller15 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- 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
- #128 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #284 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #627 of the 1,404 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1995)
- NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1994)
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (1993)
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