A Pirate Looks At FiftyModern · Nonfiction, Biography, Music
A Pirate Looks At Fifty
1998 · 520 pages · Nonfiction
24
Modern
★ 3.89 on Goodreads · 5K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (5 weeks at #1). 3.89★ from 5K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
24Must-Read Score
- Readers26 out of 100 · counts 40%+12
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (5 weeks at #1)
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