A Promised LandModern · Nonfiction, Biography, Memoir
A Promised Land
2020 · 768 pages · Nonfiction
66
Modern
★ 4.31 on Goodreads · 289K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 19 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (10 weeks at #1). 4.31★ from 289K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
66Must-Read Score
- Readers90 out of 100 · counts 40%+41
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller71 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+25
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #31 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #65 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #152 of the 1,405 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (10 weeks at #1)
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