#24 in Literary fiction
The Goldfinch
- 862
- Pages
- about 16 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 52 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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Our view
“The Goldfinch” is a novel to read for the telling, not for a thesis. It follows Theo through grief and growing up, and stays so close to him for more than eight hundred pages that the people around him come to matter as well. Some readers find that the story meanders and the philosophising is heavy-handed, and never warm to the narrator. For those who enjoy living inside a long story.
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About the book
The Goldfinch is a novel by the American author Donna Tartt. It won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 1,204 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 89% of the weight and the score stays at 8.1 — the Literary fiction average of 8.1 barely moves it. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 74 | 6% |
| Google Books | 7.0 | 11 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 1.1K | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Goldfinch?
It has 862 pages — longer than 95% of the ranked books in Literary fiction.
In this book
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