ExperienceModern · Memoir, Nonfiction, Biography
Experience
2000 · 432 pages · Nonfiction
27
Modern
★ 3.90 on Goodreads · 4K ratings
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.90★ from 4K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
27Must-Read Score
- Critics41 out of 100 · counts 35%+16
- Readers19 out of 100 · counts 50%+11
- 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
- #179 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #309 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #1173 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
True story, Moving
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