A Painted House
- 445
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“A Painted House” is a story of family and growing up that lives by its plot and keeps the pages turning. Some readers enjoy following young Luke from one adventure to the next. Others find the prose and depth thinner than the storytelling, and some are left dissatisfied by an ending that leaves the story unfinished.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
A Painted House is a 2001 novel by American author John Grisham.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 115 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 44% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 14 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 101 | 88% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Painted House?
It has 445 pages — longer than 53% of the ranked books in Thriller.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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