Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew AmericaModern · Nonfiction, Environment, Politics
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
2008 · 474 pages · Nonfiction
7
Modern
★ 3.71 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1). 3.71★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
7Must-Read Score
- Readers2 out of 100 · counts 40%+1
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller19 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+6
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #48 of the 48 politics books we rank
- #666 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1404 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1)
Reads as
Thought-provoking, True story
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