A Walk in the WoodsModern · Nonfiction, Travel, Memoir
A Walk in the Woods
1998 · 304 pages · Nonfiction
47
Modern
★ 4.07 on Goodreads · 461K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (2 weeks at #1). 4.07★ from 461K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
47Must-Read Score
- Readers59 out of 100 · counts 40%+26
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller57 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+21
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #103 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #274 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #612 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (2 weeks at #1)
Reads as
Funny, True story, Uplifting
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