Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and InheritanceModern · Nonfiction, Biography, Memoir
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
1995 · 442 pages · Nonfiction
38
Modern
★ 3.94 on Goodreads · 234K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the Guardian 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time list. 3.94★ from 234K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
38Must-Read Score
- Readers33 out of 100 · counts 40%+15
- Critics51 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+18
- Bestseller31 out of 100 · counts 14%+5
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #125 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #405 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #890 of the 1,404 books we rank
On the lists
- Guardian 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time
Reads as
True story, Moving
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