A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem TragedyNew · Nonfiction, History, Middle East
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
2023 · 272 pages · Nonfiction
72
New
★ 4.35 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (2024). 4.35★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
72Must-Read Score
- Readers85 out of 100 · counts 40%+39
- Critics67 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+24
- Bestseller2 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9
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Where it ranks
- #25 of the 154 history books we rank
- #26 of the 219 new books we rank
- #89 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (2024)
Reads as
True story
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