The Good Earth
American novelist, 1892–1973. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932.
The Good Earth is a 1931 novel by Pearl S. Buck. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932.
In historical fiction, family saga
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Pearl S. Buck
- First published
- 1931
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1932
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Family saga, Rural life, Class and society
- Series
- Book 1 of The House of Earth
Is The Good Earth worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Oprah's Book Club picks.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Oprah's Book Club picks (Oprah's Book Club, 1996-) | Listed | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1932) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Good Earth
The edition we link to is the Pocket Books paperback (2005).
- Publisher
- Pocket Books (paperback, 2005)
- ISBN
- 9781416522706
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Good Earth
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 100% of the points available on prize lists, against 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Good Earth
If you liked The Good Earth, try The Grapes of Wrath, Catch-22 or Midnight's Children.
