The Things They CarriedModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics
The Things They Carried
1990 · 246 pages · Fiction
49
Modern
★ 4.15 on Goodreads · 358K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1991). 4.15★ from 358K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
49Must-Read Score
- Readers71 out of 100 · counts 40%+32
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 14%+5
- Bestseller34 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- 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
- #116 of the 251 historical novels we rank
- #251 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #559 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1991)
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