G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American CenturyNew · Biography, History, Nonfiction
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
2022 · 837 pages · Nonfiction
75
New
★ 4.36 on Goodreads · 5K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 21 hours to read · about 6 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2023) and 1 more win. 4.36★ from 5K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
75Must-Read Score
- Readers87 out of 100 · counts 40%+40
- Critics81 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+29
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz37 out of 100 · counts 15%+6
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On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2023)
- NBCC Award (Biography) winner (2022)
Reads as
True story
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