Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost IdealismNew · Nonfiction, Memoir, Business
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
2025 · 382 pages · Nonfiction
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New
★ 4.12 on Goodreads · 162K ratings
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (memoir autobiography) finalist (2025). 4.12★ from 162K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
55Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers68 out of 100 · counts 50%+39
- Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12
Where it ranks
- #6 of the 27 self-help and business books we rank
- #67 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #141 of the 730 new books we rank
- #397 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (memoir autobiography) finalist (2025)
Reads as
True story
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The Message