Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
New · Nonfiction, History, Science
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
2024 · 563 pages · Nonfiction
73
New
★ 4.50 on Goodreads · 25K ratings
≈ 14 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (2024). 4.50★ from 25K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
73Must-Read Score
- Critics50 out of 100 · counts 35%+20
- Readers78 out of 100 · counts 50%+44
- Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9
Where it ranks
- #5 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #20 of the 220 history books we rank
- #22 of the 730 new books we rank
- #67 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (2024)
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2024)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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