#120 in Classics
Sula
- 174
- Pages
- about 3 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Sula” is a short, dark and moving novel about a friendship: two girls, Sula and Nel, growing up in a Black community of small-town Ohio. In under two hundred pages Morrison gives her characters and their town a life that lingers. Some readers find the start slow and feel that parts of the book escape them the first time through, enough to consider a second reading. A book for close, unhurried attention.
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About the book
Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison, her first novel published after The Bluest Eye (1970). The novel tells the story of two girls, Sula and Nel, and their friendship and coming of age in a black community in Ohio.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 248 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 63% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 43 | 17% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 205 | 83% |
Frequently asked
How long is Sula?
It has 174 pages — shorter than 86% of the ranked books in Classics.
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