The Underground RailroadModern · Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical
The Underground Railroad
2016 · 306 pages · Fiction
76
Modern
★ 4.06 on Goodreads · 463K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2017) and 1 more win. On 2 canon lists, including NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. 4.06★ from 463K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
76Must-Read Score
- Critics95 out of 100 · counts 35%+38
- Readers65 out of 100 · counts 50%+37
- Buzz5 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
Where it ranks
- #13 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #17 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #36 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2017)
- National Book Award (Fiction) winner (2016)
Shortlisted
- Booker Prize finalist (2017)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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