UnderworldModern · Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction
Underworld
1997 · 827 pages · Fiction
42
Modern
★ 3.96 on Goodreads · 35K ratings
≈ 21 hours to read · about 6 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1998). 3.96★ from 35K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
42Must-Read Score
- Critics54 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
- 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
- #126 of the 216 literary novels we rank
- #224 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #797 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (1998)
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1997)
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking, Epic
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