Train DreamsModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Novella
Train Dreams
2002 · 116 pages · Fiction
41
Modern
★ 3.85 on Goodreads · 59K ratings
≈ 3 hours to read · about 6 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (2012). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.85★ from 59K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
41Must-Read Score
- Critics62 out of 100 · counts 35%+25
- Readers28 out of 100 · counts 50%+16
- Buzz1 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #172 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #241 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #849 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (2012)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Moving, Adventurous
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