GrantModern · Biography, History, Presidents
Grant
2001 · 781 pages · Nonfiction
35
Modern
★ 4.04 on Goodreads · 13K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 20 hours to read · about 6 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) finalist (2002). 4.04★ from 13K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
35Must-Read Score
- Readers53 out of 100 · counts 40%+24
- Critics30 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
- Bestseller2 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #128 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #138 of the 154 history books we rank
- #454 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #988 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) finalist (2002)
Reads as
True story
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