God: A BiographyModern · Religion, Nonfiction, Biography
God: A Biography
1995 · 446 pages · Nonfiction
31
Modern
★ 3.92 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (1996). 3.92★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
31Must-Read Score
- Critics53 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
- Readers18 out of 100 · counts 50%+10
- 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
- #10 of the 11 faith books we rank
- #170 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #291 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #1081 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (1996)
Reads as
True story
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