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Fear: Trump in the White House
Modern · Nonfiction, Politics, Biography

Fear: Trump in the White House

by Bob Woodward
2018 · 448 pages · Nonfiction
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

#1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1).

By the numbers

67.7Must-Read Score
  • Readers39 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • Bestseller64 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%

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Where it ranks

Bestseller

Reads as

True story

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