Calypso
Modern · Nonfiction, Biography, LGBT
Calypso
2018 · 272 pages · Nonfiction
72.4Must-Read
Score Modern
Score Modern
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1).
By the numbers
72.4Must-Read Score
- Readers59 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller62 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%
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. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
Where it ranks
- #165 of the 290 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #548 of the 1,575 modern books we rank
- #1053 of the 2,819 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1)
- 19 weeks on the New York Times bestseller lists since 2018
Reads as
True story
Already read it? Upload your Goodreads or StoryGraph history and get the 50 best books you haven't read, tuned to your taste.Get my 50
More by David Sedaris
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimThe Land and Its People
The Land and Its PeopleDavid SedarisHappy-Go-Lucky
Happy-Go-LuckyDavid SedarisIf you like this, read next
Between the World and Me
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Educated: A Memoir
When Breath Becomes Air
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea