A Civil ActionModern · Nonfiction, Law, Legal
A Civil Action
1995 · 502 pages · Nonfiction
46
Modern
★ 4.00 on Goodreads · 18K ratings
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (1995). 4.00★ from 18K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
46Must-Read Score
- Critics56 out of 100 · counts 35%+22
- Readers40 out of 100 · counts 50%+24
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #200 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #688 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (1995)
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (1995)
Reads as
True story, Gripping, Dark
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