A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and TriumphClassic · Nonfiction, Christian, Biography
A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
1977 · 240 pages · Nonfiction
63
Classic
★ 4.28 on Goodreads · 25K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1980). 4.28★ from 25K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
63Must-Read Score
- Critics51 out of 100 · counts 35%+20
- Readers76 out of 100 · counts 50%+43
- 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
- #1 of the 11 faith books we rank
- #33 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #68 of the 296 classics we rank
- #188 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1980)
Reads as
True story, Moving
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