Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American FamiliesClassic · Nonfiction, History, Politics
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families
1985 · 688 pages · Nonfiction
73
Classic
★ 4.33 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
≈ 17 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (1986) and 2 more wins. 4.33★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
73Must-Read Score
- Critics88 out of 100 · counts 35%+35
- Readers67 out of 100 · counts 50%+38
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #6 of the 55 politics books we rank
- #17 of the 220 history books we rank
- #21 of the 296 classics we rank
- #61 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (1986)
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1985)
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (1985)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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