#136 in Historical fiction
Jazz
- 240
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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About the book
Jazz is a 1992 historical novel by Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison. The majority of the narrative takes place in Harlem during the 1920s; however, as the pasts of the various characters are explored, the narrative extends back to the mid-19th-century American South.
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8.08.0 / 10 - JazzThis book
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 66 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Historical fiction average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.7 | 9 | 14% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 57 | 86% |
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How long is Jazz?
It has 240 pages — shorter than 90% of the ranked books in Historical fiction.
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