Go Tell It on the Mountain
French and American novelist, 1924–1987.
Go Tell It on the Mountain is a 1953 novel by James Baldwin.
In coming of age, Black American
On 4 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- James Baldwin
- First published
- 1953
- Length
- 272 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Black American, Religion and faith, Coming of age
Is Go Tell It on the Mountain worth reading?
4 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 39 | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 48 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 81 | See the list |
Best edition of Go Tell It on the Mountain
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2001), 272 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2001)
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780141185910
How critics, prizes and readers rate Go Tell It on the Mountain
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 42% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Go Tell It on the Mountain
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