George F. Kennan: An American LifeModern · Biography, History, Nonfiction
George F. Kennan: An American Life
2011 · 800 pages · Nonfiction
52
Modern
★ 4.09 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
≈ 20 hours to read · about 6 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2012) and 1 more win. 4.09★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
52Must-Read Score
- Critics71 out of 100 · counts 35%+28
- Readers41 out of 100 · counts 50%+24
- Buzz1 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #87 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #113 of the 220 history books we rank
- #154 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #476 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2012)
- NBCC Award (Biography) winner (2011)
Reads as
True story
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