#130 in Historical fiction
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
7.97.9 / 10
Score out of 10269 ratingsConfidence 65%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
- NYT bestseller · 22 weeks on the list, peaked at #3
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About the book
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is a novel by American writer James McBride. It was released in 2023 to critical success. The novel tells the story of Black and Jewish residents of the Chicken Hill neighborhood of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in the 1920s and '30s.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 269 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 65% 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 | 9.2 | 5 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 264 | 98% |
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