#94 in Biography & memoir
Angela's Ashes
- 432
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 2 weeks on the list, peaked at #9
Affiliate link: buying through it supports BookRank at no extra cost to you.
Our view
“Angela’s Ashes” is a memoir of a destitute childhood told with humour and a striking absence of bitterness. McCourt recalls his early years in Brooklyn and then Limerick, marked by poverty and his father’s drinking, and finds comedy where it would be easy to find only grievance. The neglect it describes can make a reader angry on his behalf, so although the pages turn quickly, this is not light reading.
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
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir is a 1996 memoir by the Irish-American author Frank McCourt, with various anecdotes and stories of his childhood. The book details his early childhood in Brooklyn, New York, but focuses primarily on his life in Limerick, Ireland. It also includes his struggles with poverty and his father's alcoholism.
Reading order · Frank McCourt
Full order & progress →- Angela's AshesThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - 'Tis: A Memoir'Tis: A Memoir–Not ranked yet
- Teacher ManTeacher Man–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 433 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 75% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Biography & memoir average of 8.1. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 54 | 13% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 379 | 88% |
Frequently asked
How long is Angela's Ashes?
It has 432 pages — longer than 81% of the ranked books in Biography & memoir.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Biography & memoir — with scores between 7.8 and 8.1, closest to this book.
