Wolf HallModern · Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical
Wolf Hall
2009 · 653 pages · Fiction
62
Modern
★ 3.92 on Goodreads · 242K ratings
≈ 16 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Booker Prize winner (2009) and 1 more win. On 2 canon lists, including NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. 3.92★ from 242K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
62Must-Read Score
- Critics93 out of 100 · counts 35%+37
- Readers44 out of 100 · counts 50%+25
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #46 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #73 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #209 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Booker Prize winner (2009)
- NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (2009)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Moving, Epic
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