Hirohito and the Making of Modern JapanModern · History, Japan, Nonfiction
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
2000 · 832 pages · Nonfiction
31
Modern
★ 3.86 on Goodreads · 4K ratings
≈ 21 hours to read · about 6 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (2001). 3.86★ from 4K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
31Must-Read Score
- Critics56 out of 100 · counts 35%+23
- Readers14 out of 100 · counts 50%+8
- 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
- #195 of the 220 history books we rank
- #297 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #1104 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (2001)
Reads as
True story
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