True History of the Kelly GangModern · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Australia
True History of the Kelly Gang
2000 · 369 pages · Fiction
42
Modern
★ 3.83 on Goodreads · 25K ratings
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize winner (2001). On the Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.83★ from 25K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
42Must-Read Score
- Critics74 out of 100 · counts 35%+29
- Readers22 out of 100 · counts 50%+13
- 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
- #158 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #226 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #799 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Booker Prize winner (2001)
On the lists
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Gripping, Moving
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