The TownClassic · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics
The Town
1950 · 300 pages · Fiction
43
Classic
★ 3.98 on Goodreads · 4K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1951). 3.98★ from 4K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
43Must-Read Score
- Critics56 out of 100 · counts 35%+22
- Readers37 out of 100 · counts 50%+21
- 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
- #150 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #212 of the 296 classics we rank
- #761 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1951)
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