American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas JeffersonModern · History, Biography, Nonfiction
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
1997 · 440 pages · Nonfiction
39
Modern
★ 3.94 on Goodreads · 29K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1997). 3.94★ from 29K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
39Must-Read Score
- Readers33 out of 100 · counts 40%+15
- Critics61 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+22
- Bestseller11 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- 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
- #124 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #133 of the 154 history books we rank
- #397 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #870 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1997)
Reads as
True story
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